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by Elliotte Rusty Harold.
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Second full day of the trip I finally convinced Beth to go to the Dry Forest, though the heat chased us out after and hour, even though we started before 10:00. Nonetheless we scored 4 life birds in that short time! The first was one I was afraid I’d never see, the endemic Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo. I’ve had bad luck with cuckoos before, but this was the easiest I’ve ever found:
Next up was another endemic, the Puerto Rican Tody, an almost Hummingbird sized-bird. Although bright green, red, and white it blends right into the foliage. It’s much easier to hear than see or photograph. Fortunately there were half a dozen around:
Third life bird needed a photograph to ID, and I’m still not absolutely 100% certain; but this looks like a pretty good match for the Caribbean Elaenia:
Final life bird for this site was the endemic Adelaide’s Warbler on the Ballenos trail:
I wasn’t expecting this one and wasn’t ready for it (unlike the cuckoo and the Tody that I had studied in advance); but it was obviously a warbler and easy enough to find in the field guide, if not to photograph:
Total species count was only 7 but over 50% were life birds:
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