Reef and Fishery Assessment of Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge

On April 23, 2009 scientists from the NOAA's Southeast Fisheries Science Center in Miami Florida (SEFSC) departed from San Juan, Puerto Rico aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster. Their destination: the Navassa National Wildlife Refuge. Along with the NOAA scientists are researchers from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (UM/RSMAS), the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and the Director of the Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversité Marine (FoProBiM), an NGO based in Haiti.
This work is funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program.


Saturday, April 25, 2009

Bird Observations from Puerto Rico

The first day we arrived in San Juan myself and about eight others had a chance to take a walk around town and do some sightseeing and opportunistic birding. I started out hopeful that I would see a scaly-napped pigeon or a smooth-billed ani mixed in with the centuries old buildings and green spaces of old town but came up empty handed. I noticed a lot feral cats which could help to explain the lack of species and numbers of individuals that I saw. Although my targets were never sighted I did see just under a dozen species including common pigeon, white wing dove, grey kingbird, gold eyed grackle, brown booby, gull sp., pine warbler, house sparrow, zebra finch, Caribbean parrot, and my personal favorite the bananaquit.
Mike Judge
at 6:56 PM
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  1. LillyApril 30, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    Mike,
    The Bananaquit is the National bird of Puerto Rico is called Reinita!(princess).
    Enjoy the trip and the food! My love to all!
    Lilly

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  2. LillyApril 30, 2009 at 6:40 PM

    Mike,
    The Bananaquit is the National Bird of Puerto Rico also known as Reinita!(princess of the Island).
    Enjoy the trip and the food! My love to all!
    Lilly

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