{"id":1003181,"date":"2010-04-16T18:33:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T23:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/?p=1003181"},"modified":"2010-04-18T18:36:58","modified_gmt":"2010-04-18T23:36:58","slug":"503-puerto-rican-bullfinch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/birding\/2010\/04\/16\/503-puerto-rican-bullfinch\/","title":{"rendered":"#503 Puerto Rican Bullfinch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only one life bird today, the endemic Puerto Rican Bullfinch. I saw it only very briefly; but it&#8217;s very distinctive and easily identified: a jet black bird with big orange on its head and throat. I saw this on the Ballenas Trail in the Bosque del Seco. Unfortunately, I did not get a photo of this one, so how about a much better photo of a Puerto Rican Tody instead?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Puerto-Rican-Tody1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Puerto Rican Tody\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1003183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Puerto-Rican-Tody1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Puerto-Rican-Tody1-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Only one life bird in a day. Must be time to go home. After one week my Puerto Rican list (which is identical to my Caribbean list) stands at 59 species:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> \tWest Indian Whistling-Duck \t  \t  \t <\/li>\n<li> \tBlue-winged Teal \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tWhite-cheeked Pintail \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tRuddy Duck \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tBrown Pelican \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tMagnificent Frigatebird \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tGreat Egret \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tSnowy Egret \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tLittle Blue Heron \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tTricolored Heron \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tCattle Egret \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tGreen Heron \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tGlossy Ibis \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tTurkey Vulture \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tAmerican Kestrel \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tCommon Moorhen \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tCaribbean Coot \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tBlack-bellied Plover \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tWilson&#8217;s Plover \t\t <\/li>\n<li> \tSemipalmated Plover \t\t <\/li>\n<li> \tKilldeer \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tBlack-necked Stilt \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tSpotted Sandpiper \t\t <\/li>\n<li> \tWillet \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tLesser Yellowlegs \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tRuddy Turnstone \t\t <\/li>\n<li> \tSemipalmated Sandpiper \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tLeast Sandpiper \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tLaughing Gull \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tRoyal Tern \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tSandwich Tern \t\t <\/li>\n<li> \tRock Pigeon \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tWhite-winged Dove \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tZenaida Dove \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tCommon Ground-Dove \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tMonk Parakeet \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tPuerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo  \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tSmooth-billed Ani \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tAntillean Nighthawk \t\t <\/li>\n<li> \tAntillean Mango \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tPuerto Rican Tody  \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tPuerto Rican Woodpecker \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tCaribbean Elaenia  \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tGray Kingbird \t\t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tCaribbean Martin \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tRed-legged Thrush \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tNorthern Mockingbird \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tPearly-eyed Thrasher \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tYellow Warbler \t\t <\/li>\n<li> \tAdelaide&#8217;s Warbler  \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tBananaquit \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tYellow-faced Grassquit \t\t <\/li>\n<li> \tBlack-faced Grassquit \t\t <\/li>\n<li> \tPuerto Rican Bullfinch  \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tGreater Antillean Grackle \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tShiny Cowbird \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tVenezuelan Troupial \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tHouse Sparrow \t \t \t <\/li>\n<li> \tBronze Mannikin \t \t \t <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s 25 life birds in a week, not counting the Bronze Mannikin. I finally crossed the 500 mark with Sandwich Terns on Thursday. 500&#8217;s actually not that big a number, especially when international destinations are included. It&#8217;s more of a milestone for the &#8220;ABA area&#8221; (i.e. continental U.S., Canada, and Alaska.). Within that region I&#8217;m only at about 425 or so. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only one life bird today, the endemic Puerto Rican Bullfinch. I saw it only very briefly; but it&#8217;s very distinctive and easily identified: a jet black bird with big orange on its head and throat. I saw this on the Ballenas Trail in the Bosque del Seco. 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