Puerto Rico Jan/Feb 2012 |
From January 30 to February 04 2012 Sheridan Coffey and myself birded Puerto Rico - we rented a small car and birded without a guide, relying on trip reports found on the internet plus the recent book " A Birdwatcher's Guide to Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Caymans".
Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis: Fairly common in higher areas, less-so lower down.
This male was one of a few that - along with Bullfinches - each day fed in the trees next to our cabin at our wonderful lodging north of Maricao at Maravilla (www.maravillamountain.com):
This imm. male
was at Km 11.1 on PR-20, Maricao Forest:
