Monday, December 22, 2008

A good birding day, but not a good photo day!



I went birding today with Hector (my birding buddy), with hopes of seeing birds I haven't seen before and of taking good pictures of them. Well, the mission was partially completed. I first tried to reach Caño Tiburones, the largest wetland in Puerto Rico. On my way there I stopped to take a few pictures of a Belted Kinfisher in the coast of Barceloneta. They didn't turn out that bad, but he was too far! Then when we reached the wetland we encountered two West Indian Whistling Ducks but they fled very rapidly. We saw common migratory warblers, like the Northern Parula, Northern Waterthrush and a Prairie Warbler. We also saw a a Great Blue Heron. No pictures!! Then we stopped at a place called Cerro Nacho looking for the Magnolia Warbler, and we saw lots of migratory warblers but no Magnolia. We saw: Northern Waterthrush, Prothonotary Warbler, Northern Parula, Blak and White Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird and Prairie Warbler. No pictures!!! So our last stop (hope) was Julio Enrique Monagas park in Bayamón. Here I saw for the first time a Worm Eating Warbler, and it was awesome!! but no pictures!!, well two actually but horrible ones that I shall not show... We also saw other migratory warblers here, including a spectacular Hooded Warbler which I took a so so picture of. At the end of the day I saw a species I had never seen before but, barely any good pictures...

2 comments:

  1. Buen blog, aqui
    desde endemismotrasnochado
    en la insula de asfalto/concreto.

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