10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. Parrots Over Puerto Rico is a wonderland of colors and shapes. The Taínos named the birds Iguacas, after their call. The birds thrive.

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 239

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Long-time readers of this blog probably also know Tai Haku, the scuba-diving, tree-planting, bird photographing nature blogger at Earth, Wind, and Water. So with DeBooy’s Rail gone what fills the niche of a terrestrial flightless (or near flightless) rail type bird? We’re pleased to republish this post for Extinction Week.

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Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 192

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

But, as with so many other species, these birds have been left to do their own whistle blowing. They are found in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica. They are also the rarest.

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Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 229