MARICAO CBC

December 22, 2007 - Weather conditions: WINDY.

Just a short note before we publish the list of today´s bird count results at Maricao. The small town of Maricao is blessed as one of the best habitats for our endemic birds. Upon arrival to the Forest, we heard four PR Screech Olws.

When we finished at the old camping areas, we hit the road downtown. We were counting birds when we saw some movement in a branch: a PR Bullfinch. This was the first of a little gift we received from Heaven this morning. At the same spot we had the following endemic species and subspecies:

1. Bullfinch
2. Tanager
3. Tody
4. Lizard Cuckoo
5. Oriole
6. Flycatcher
7. Green Mango
8. Emerald
9. Vireo
10. Elfin Woods Warbler
11. Spindalis
12. Woodpecker
13. Adelaide´s Warbler
14. Oriole
15. Pewee (s/e)
16. Bananaquit (s/e)

RÍO GRANDE, LUQUILLO, EL YUNQUE

December 20, 2007 - Birding El Yunque National Forest, Río Grande

10 hrs., clients from California.

Weather conditions: heavey rain at noon, sunny the rest of the day.

1. Gray Kingbird
2. Rock Dove
3. PR Woodpecker
4. Prairie Warbler
5. PR Adelaide´s Warbler
6. Yellow-throated Warbler
7. PR Flycatcher
8. Mangrove Cuckoo
9. Common Ground Dove
10. Spotted Sandpiper
11. Royal Term
12. Royal Egret
13. Green Heron
14. Bananaquit
15. Loggerhead Kingbird
16. White-winged Dove
17. Zenaida Dove
18. Scaly-naped Pigeon
19. Nutmeg Mannikin
20. Orange-cheek Waxbill
21. PR Tody
22. Red-tailed Hawk
23. PR Green Mango
24. PR Oriole
25. Pearly-eyed Thrasher
26. Greater Antillean Grackle
27. American Redstart
28. Northern Mockingbird
29. Northern Parula
30. Black-faced Grassquit

EL YUNQUE NATIONAL FOREST

December 18, 2007 - Birding El Yunque National Forest, Río Grande
10 hrs., clients from California.
Weather conditions: sunny day.

1. Gray Kingbird


2. Great Antillean Grackle


3. White-winged Dove


4. Bananaquit


5. Northern Parula


6. PR Lizard Cuckoo


7. Pearly-eyed Thrasher


8. PR Woodpecker


9. PR Spindalis


10. PR Bullfinch


11. PR Green Mango


12. PR Oriole


13. PR Tody


14. Zenaida Dove


15. Nutmeg Mannakin


16. Orange Cheek Waxbill


17. Smooth-billed Ani


18. PR Pewee*


19. PR Tanager


20. Red-tailed Hawk


21. American Kestrel


22. Common Ground Dove


23. Orange-fronted Parakeet


24. Loggerhead Kingbird


25. Red-legged Thrush


26. Northern Mockingbird


27. Osprey


28. Black-faced Grassquit


29. House Sparrow

*Birding by ear.

BIRDING IN LUQUILLO AND EL YUNQUE

December 18, 2007 - Birding Luquillo, El Yunque National Forest

4 hrs., clients from California.

Weather conditions: wind from the East.

1. Brown Pelican


2. Gray Kingbird


3. PR Woodpecker


4. Bananaquit


5. White-winged Dove


6. Great Antillean Grackle


7. House Sparrow


8. Black-faced Grassquit


9. Pearly-eyed Thrasher


10. Bronze Mannikin


11. Loggerhead Kingbird


12. Northern Mockingbird


13. Yellow-faced Grassquit


14. Red-legged Thrusher


15. PR Tody


16. American Redstart


17. PR Spindalis


18. PR Bullfinch


19. PR Tanager


20. Zenaida Dove


21. Rock Dove


22. Scaly-naped Pigeon


23. PR Lizard Cuckoo*


24. Smooth-billed Ani


25. Shiny Cowbird


26. PR Emerald


27. PR Green Mango


28. Black-whiskered Vireo*


29. Northern Parula*


30. Antillean Euphonia*


31. Red-tailed Hawk


32. Merlin


33. PR Screech-Owl


34. Unidentified Parakeets


35. Unidentified Dove


36. Unidentified Swallows

EL YUNQUE XMAS BIRD COUNT

December 16, 2007 - El Yunque National Forest, Bisley Route (Road)

4 hrs., clients from South Carolina.

Weather conditions: subtropical storm in the area one week before bird count.

1. PR Screech Owl


2. Gray Kingbird


3. PR Flycatcher


4. Mangrove Cuckoo


5. Northern Parula


6. PR Woodpecker


7. Scaly-naped Pigeon


8. Red-legged Thrush


9. Bananaquit


10. Loggerhead Kingbird


11. Cape May Warbler


12. Zenaida Dove


13. Magnolia Warbler


14. PR Tody


15. PR Lizard Cuckoo


16. PR Tanager


17. PR Emerald


18. Pearly-eyed Thrasher


19. PR Bullfinch


20. PR Spindalis


21. Black-whiskered Vireo


22. Black-faced Grassquit


23. Northern Mockingbird


24. Great Egret


25. Nutmet Mannakin


26. Chestnut Warbler


27. Greater Antillean Grackle


28. Unidentified duck

BIRDING - EL YUNQUE - December 1, 2007

December 1, 2007 - Birding Luquillo, El Yunque National Forest, and Río Grande
4 hrs., clients from Texas.
Weather conditions: showers; heavy rain the night before we went birding.

1. Cattle Egret
2. Greater Antillean Grackle
3. Gray Kingbird
4. Mangrove Cuckoo
5. PR Woodpecker*
6. Bronze Mannikin
7. Nutmeg Mannikin
8. Bananaquit
9. Pearly-eyed Thrasher
10. Loggerhead Kingbird
11. Rock Dove
12. Zenaida Dove
13. White-winged Dove
14. Louisiana Waterthrush
15. Black-faced Grassquit
16. Yellow-faced Grassquit*
17. PR Tody
18. PR Flycatcher*
19. PR Tanager*
20. Red-tailed Hawk
21. Scaly-naped Pigeon
22. PR Spindalis (female and male)
23. Black and White Warbler
24. Black-whiskered Vireo*
25. Northern Mockingbird
26. Lesser Antillean Pewee
27. Red-legged Thrush
28. Smooth-billed Ani
29. Hummingbirds (unidentified)

*Birding by ear

Christmas Bird Counts

As part of the Corporate Social Responsibility of AdvenTours we founded in 2002 a non-profit association, Asociación Puertorriqueña de Interpretación y Educación, Inc. (APIE, Puerto Rican Association of Interpretation and Education). Through APIE, we coordinate three bird counts; these are not yet official counts for Audubon.

• MAYAGÜEZ - TBA
• MARICAO - December 22, 2007
• VIEQUES ISLAND - January 26-27, 2008

Other Audubon Christmas Bird Counts:

• FAJARDO AND EL YUNQUE NATIONAL FOREST - December 16, 2007
• CABO ROJO - TBA

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