Critter News

MARCH 17, 2009

We've blogged quite a bit here about the poor conditions for stray dogs in Puerto Rico. Tags: puerto rico dogs. Here is a documentary on Youtube narrated by actress Selena Gomez. She is currently having an auction to benefit Island Dog Inc. I'm glad that this will get more publicity for the issue.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

The third anniversary of Hurricane Maria barreling its way through Puerto Rico was a few weeks ago. In the aftermath of Maria, I had wondered why both Puerto Rico and the U.S. I later made the case for expansion of the ABA Area to include both Puerto Rico and the U.S. After all, both are U.S.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Here is the BBC article on that travesty in Puerto Rico. Tags: puerto rico. If you care about animals, don't give them your tourist dollars. This is just one of many of a long line of animal abuse problems there.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Remember this the next time you think about going to Puerto Rico. Tags: puerto rico animal cruelty. These are the guys that allegedly threw 60 or so dogs off a bridge. The judge said there wasn't enough evidence. Or better yet, don't think about going there. Disgusting.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Actor Benicio del Toro has written a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico opposing a new monkey breeding facility. The Puerto Rican actor has penned a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico urging him to halt the construction plans for Bioculture's massive monkey-breeding facility.

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Critter News

AUGUST 19, 2008

Animal control workers in October took about 80 pets from the housing project in the northern Puerto Rican town of Barceloneta and allegedly tossed them off a bridge to their deaths. Tags: puerto rico. The killings brought revulsion around the world and triggered calls for tourist boycotts of this U.S. Caribbean territory.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

The location was going to be San Juan, Puerto Rico, and I have written a number of pieces on birds and birding in Puerto Rico , so I pondered attending. Joe Wunderle , who provided the CBC data for my posts on post-Maria bird recovery in Puerto Rico , also encouraged me to attend.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

In September of 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by two powerful hurricanes: it was grazed by Irma and then clobbered by Maria, a Category 4 storm that cut a devastating swath across the island. CBCs have been conducted for years in several locations in Puerto Rico , utilizing procedures that can provide comparable “before” and “after” data.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I recently asked whether Puerto Rico should be part of the American Birding Association’s ABA Area. I will suggest an answer to the question: this post makes the argument that both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Now that Hawaii is in the ABA Area , the next additions should be Puerto Rico and the U.S.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Daniel Cadena — “The Origin and Future of a Tropical Diversity Hotspot” Beyond that, I primarily limited myself to the subject matter of hurricane impacts on birds and anything about Puerto Rico. But I also dabbled in topics such as Snowy Owl eruptions, urban ornithology, window strikes, and eBird (of course).

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MARCH 8, 2022

The devastating hurricanes in 2017 led me to write a post about the post-hurricane recovery of birds in Puerto Rico. I also advocated for expanding the ABA Area to include Puerto Rico and the U.S. And I have updated that post several times as new data became available. Virgin Islands.

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MARCH 14, 2023

billion in PILT payments to 49 States (all but Rhode Island), the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The formula used to compute the payments is contained in the PILT Act and is based on population, revenue-sharing payments, and the amount of Federal land within an affected county. million.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Puerto Rico's animal welfare is pathetic. It's not that different from the rest of Latin America, but Puerto Rico is part of the United States. Tags: puerto rico animal rescue latin america us. I really like this group and donate to them.

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Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 1, 2020

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

For example, on the first morning in Puerto Rico that Mike and I explored Humacao Nature Reserve we saw several Mangrove Cuckoos and these birds had no problem making their way in front of my camera. If you want cooperative and carefree cuckoos get yourself off the mainland and make your way to Puerto Rico.

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JULY 1, 2014

Parrots Over Puerto Rico is a wonderland of colors and shapes. The story of the Puerto Rican Amazon, also known as the Puerto Rico Parrot, Parrots Over Puerto Rico is illustrated with deeply hued collages created by Susan L. It is a book that is a joy to view and surprisingly enriching to read.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Way back in January Mike and I made a quick trip to Puerto Rico with the hope of cleaning up on all of the endemic species on the island. And, as icing on the cake, we heard and saw a Puerto Rican Screech Owl about an hour later to finish our endemic sweep!

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MARCH 8, 2022

The devastating hurricanes in 2017 led me to write a post about the post-hurricane recovery of birds in Puerto Rico. I also advocated for expanding the ABA Area to include Puerto Rico and the U.S. And I have updated that post several times as new data became available. Virgin Islands.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Inexplicably, eBird does not consider Puerto Rico part of the United States, but if it were properly included , it would do well, with 107 species.). Two of these are new to the 100+ list.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

During the legendary, lost ‘ Puerto Rico Month ‘ on this blog, a Puerto Rican endemic was mentioned that no 10,000 Birds reader, and in fact no living birder, will ever add to their life lists. … Conservation Extinction Week Puerto Rico rails' Come back, click through, read, learn.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

On our first full day in Puerto Rico (Sunday, 15 January), Mike and I decided to start in the east of the island and work our way west. … This is the first in a series of posts about Mike and Corey’s self-guided trip to Puerto Rico from 14-18 January 2017. Make sure to come back soon for the next installment.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

The National Wilderness Preservation System now includes more than 800 congressionally designated wilderness areas totaling more than 110 million acres in 44 states and Puerto Rico. The most recent additions were approximately 1.3 million acres designated by the bipartisan John D. Dingell Jr.

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JANUARY 22, 2017

Corey did not get out birding much this weekend after our trip to Puerto Rico last week. But he did manage to carve out a couple of hours on Sunday morning to hit a couple of local parks in Queens where he found his Best Bird of the Weekend, a flyover American Pipit at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

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JUNE 8, 2021

Or at least most of the United States, as eBird erroneously considers Puerto Rico and several other U.S. Incidentally, I am assuming an eBirder is someone who has signed up for an eBird account and has submitted at least one checklist in the United States. (Or territories to be separate countries.)

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JANUARY 2, 2017

That I have trips to Puerto Rico, Austria, and the Bahamas planned in the first two months of the year makes me a bit more confident than usual that I can make it again this year. It’s doable, but I might have to work at it and will really have to clean up in Puerto Rico. I will see a Black Woodpecker.

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals' 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry! Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends!

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Reddit Animals

JUNE 11, 2021

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FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was going to be one of the birds he saw in Puerto Rico on Friday before flying back to New York. Instead, a Greater White-fronted Goose in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, a new bird for Corey’s absurd Queens list (now up to 313 species!)

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Good or bad, I’m hitting the road this weekend and dragging Corey with me as we blitz through Puerto Rico in an effort to vacuum up every endemic on that sunny Caribbean island. No, what really gets me going is traveling somewhere I haven’t been for a while, where even the most mundane species gladdens my eye. Wish us luck.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Corey will be returning from Puerto Rico and may need several days to re-acclimate to New York winter conditions. Only through travel can you truly appreciate all the plates! I’m still in Israel, planning to cap off our adventure by exploring the Dead Sea and some live birds. How about you?

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APRIL 10, 2017

He has also written about birding in Puerto Rico, which he believes is criminally underappreciated as a destination for birders. He is particularly interested in the intersection of law and birding (especially the Endangered Species Act), other bird-related federal litigation, and the impact of federal public lands.

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JANUARY 15, 2017

Corey and I just spent our first day blitzing Puerto Rico and pulled some sweet sightings. Anyone who makes the effort will likely find–and fall for–the Puerto Rican Tody , a dazzling member of a charismatic Caribbean genus. Lucky are those, though, who have added new birds to their life list since 2017 began.

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MAY 3, 2011

They are found in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica. West Indian Whistling Ducks are the largest of the eight different whistling duck species. They are also the rarest.

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Reddit Animals

AUGUST 5, 2022

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OCTOBER 2, 2021

Despite the Central American nation being occasionally confused with Puerto Rico, Costa Rica is not an island, it doesn’t really count as “Caribbean birding”, so what gives? Go to Costa Rica and you will be looking at other birds but you can still get in some Caribbean slope birding.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

That coupled with my preparations for a departure for Puerto Rico late on Sunday means that I didn’t get much birding done. Here in New York City we suffered through our coldest period of the winter with wind chill values dipping well below zero degrees Fahrenheit.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

A pelagic out of Hatteras, North Carolina , the Biggest Week in American Birding in Ohio , and trip to Puerto Rico stand out as well. Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too. Naturally, a walk through one’s life lists triggers memories.

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