Puerto Rico – Non-Avian Highlights
Birds weren’t all that we saw in Puerto Rico. There were many butterflies seen flitting about that I didn’t get photographs of. These included Great Southern White, Cloudless Sulphur, and Florida Purplewing. I did get one decent butterfly photo of a Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak.
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
We found two funky-looking moths. The first flew into the restaurant during dinner in Maricao. It’s about the size of a monarch.
The second was found at Casa Cubuy in El Yunque. This one was about 3” long.
Lizards are plentiful in Puerto Rico. The most common are of the Anolis genus like the one below.
We also saw this interesting lizard in a tree. Maybe someone out there knows the ID. It’s probably another anole! (Update - might be Puerto Rican Crested Anole)
This concludes all of the Puerto Rico posts I had planned. It was a fantastic trip!
15 comments:
great shots. My wife and I just went there 2 months ago, some wonderful areas there
dan
It is a PR Crested Anole, it is the most common species in PR. The green one is an Emerald Anole (Anolis evermani). Nice photos!
Cool. Thanks.
"This concludes all of the Puerto Rico posts I had planned. "
I DISAPPROVE!
Wow, nice shots!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Hmmm, there used to be a blogger somewhere around here, wait... I'll find him, he can't be that far away,...
Who? What? Huh? Eh? I got an offer to buy my domain name for $3500. I think it's a scam, but it looked pretty legit.
No - you wouldn't!!
You'll come back to us, right?
Nah! Perhaps I will make a comeback of epic proportions in due time...
Okay.
It'd better be epic then!
Look, I cam back when my son was around 1 year old. Therefore, you can do it, too.
Wow! What a great trip you had! will put that trip on our bucket list!
Might try and get a group of Birders who blog tweet and chirp together end of Aug. not sure where in new england yet..might be a bit late for peak shorebird migration, correct?
any suggestions of places?
Look, Patrick. Corey linked to your blog´in his butterfly post.
This is your chance: come out of your closet, you can't hide from us forever! We want Hawk Owl Nest posts!!
Hey Jochen - in due time, my friend... in due time...
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