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April 30, 2021
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Old San Juan

Cementerio Santa María Magdalena de Pazzi

Carolina

UPR Botanical Garden

Condado

El Yunque

Maricao

Hacienda Juanita

Vieques

Ceiba

Salto Curet

Camuy River Cave Park

El Toure de Piedra

Rincon and Aguada

Misc

Bob

People

Airport

En route

Itinerary NB: This page is primarily organized by location, so similar organisms and themes may appear in more than one place.

Old San Juan

La Perle and the Fort

Forts
Old San Juan
Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
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Forts

Castillo San Felipe del Morro

Turret

Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Forts
Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
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Turret

Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Forts
Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
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Turret

Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Forts
Old San Juan
Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
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El Morro

Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Forts
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Triangular stairwell

Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Forts
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
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Castillo San Cristóbal

Castillo San Cristóbal

Castillo San Cristóbal (forts)
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Cannon balls

Cannons
Castillo San Cristóbal (forts)
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Cataloguing cannonballs

Cannons
Castillo San Cristóbal (forts)
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Castillo San Cristóbal (forts)
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Cannon restoration

Cannons
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Cannons
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Four new cannons

Cannons
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Cannons

Cannons
Castillo San Cristóbal (forts)
Old San Juan
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Big cannon, little David

Cannons
Castillo San Cristóbal (forts)
Old San Juan
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Cementerio Santa María Magdalena de Pazzi

Cemetery from Fort
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
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Cemetery

Cementerio Santa María Magdalena de Pazzi
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Cemetery
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Green iguana (Iguana iguana)
Family: Iguanidae (iguanas)
Cemetery, Old San Juan
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Liga de Arte

Asesinado

Luis A Ortiz
Liga de Arte
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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USA

Luis A Ortiz
Liga de Arte
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Mannequins
Liga de Arte
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Totem Telurico
by Jaime Suarez, 1992
in Plaza del Quinto Centenario

Sculpture
Totem Telurico in Plaza del Quinto Centenario, Old San Juan
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Sculpture
Totem Telurico in Plaza del Quinto Centenario, Old San Juan
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Blue bricks

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
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Statue of Eugenio María de Hostos (The Citizen of the Americas) by José Buscaglia
Statues
Plaza near Casa Blanca
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
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Raices Fountain
Fountains
Paseo de la Princesa
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
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Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Crack in the wall

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Senor Paleta

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
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Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
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Silver garden orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
Family: Araneidae (orbweavers)
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
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Spider web on sea grape

Silver garden orbweaver (Argiope argentata)
Family: Araneidae (orbweavers)
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
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Torpedo bug (Siphanta acuta)
Family: Flatidae (flatid planthoppers)
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Cat as royalty

Domestic cat (Felis cattus)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
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When cats pursue their shadow

Domestic cat (Felis cattus)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
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Upside down cat

Domestic cat (Felis cattus)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
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Domestic cat (Felis cattus)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
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Cat with bow tie

Giraffe cat by Jorge Zeno
Domestic cat (Felis cattus)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Square across from the cathedrale
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
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Lion on door

Lion (Panthera leo)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
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Abandoned mask

Masks
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
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Fort doorway

Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Landed seahorse

Caballito del Mar
by Jose Ignacio Morales
Bronze and steel
Seahorse
Paseo Del Puerto (N 18° 27.819 W 066° 06.471)
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
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Jet ski

Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
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Carolina

Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 27, 2021
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Athleticism
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 27, 2021
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Athleticism
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 27, 2021
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A day at the beach

Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
Family: Columbidae doves and pigeons
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Calling it quits

Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Family: Thraupidae (tanagers and quits)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Family: Thraupidae (tanagers and quits)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Bananaquit on the fence

Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Family: Thraupidae (tanagers and quits)
Marbella del Caribe Oeste
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger)
Family: Icteridae
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Carolina, Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Night heron with crustacean

Yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Night heron with crustacean

Yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Ornate bella moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)
Family Erebidae (underwing, tiger, and tussock moths)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Ornate bella moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)
Family Erebidae (underwing, tiger, and tussock moths)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Ornate bella moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)
Family Erebidae (underwing, tiger, and tussock moths)
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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When caterpillars pretend they are cobras

Kawakawa looper (Cleora scriptaria)
Family: Geometridae (geometer or looper moths)
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Sentro (Centrosema pubescens)
Family: Fabaceae (legume, pea family)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Crepe Jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricata)
Family: Apocynaceae (dogbane family)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Blackback land crab (Gecarcinus lateralis)
Family: Gecarcinidae (land crabs)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Blackback land crab (Gecarcinus lateralis)
Family: Gecarcinidae (land crabs)
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Giant milkweed (Calotropis procera)
Family: Apocynaceae (dogbane, milkweed family)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Giant milkweed (Calotropis procera)
Family: Apocynaceae (dogbane, milkweed family)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Crested anole on coconut palm

Crested Anole (Anolis cristatellus)
Family: Dactyloidae (anoles)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Common Puerto Rican ameiva (Pholidoscelis exsul)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails, tegus, ameivas)
Skate Park, Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus var. domesticus)
Family: Phasianidae (pheasants, grouse, chickens)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Stinking Passionflower (Passiflora foetida)
Family: Passifloraceae (passionfruit family)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Term would indeed

Tree termites (Nasutitermes costalis)
Family: Termitidae (higher termites)
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Beach rocks

Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 27, 2021
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Mural
Skate Park, Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Te amo

Mural
Skate Park, Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Mural
Skate Park, Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Mural
Skate Park, Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Wink

Mural
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Camy

Mural
Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Simba

Murals
Lion
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Murals
Carolina, Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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No FBI

Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
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Flag

Flags
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Bean

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Carolina, Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Beach access

Carolina, Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Rainbow

Rainbows
Beaches
Carolina, Puerto Rico
April 27, 2021
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Marbella del Caribe Oeste

Carolina, Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Dereliction of occupancy

Carolina Beach
Puerto Rico
April 25, 2021
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Sculpture
Parque Isla Verde, Cangrejo Arriba, Carolina, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Sculpture
Parque Isla Verde, Cangrejo Arriba, Carolina, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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UPR Botanical Garden

Sign

Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Common Puerto Rican ameiva (Pholidoscelis exsul)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails, tegus, ameivas)
Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Pearly-eyed thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
Family: Mimidae (mockingbirds and thrashers)
Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Skipper ()

UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Starting from scratch

Green heron (Butorides virescens)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Bird feet
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Red-legged thrush (Turdus plumbeus )
Family: Turdidae (thrushes, New World robins)
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Common slider (Trachemys scripta)
Family: Emydidae (pond and box turtles)
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Common slider (Trachemys scripta)
Family: Emydidae (pond and box turtles)
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Lobster claw heliconia (Heliconia bihai)
Family: Heliconiaceae (heliconias)
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Zebra longwing butterfly (Heliconius charitonius)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Golden Pothos (Epipremnum aureum)
Family: Araceae (Aroids)
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Commonly uncommon

Common passionflower (Passiflora edulis)
Family: Passifloraceae (passionfruit family)
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Lichen on palm

Lichen ()

UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Lichen ()

UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Gingerly

Red ginger (Alpinia purpurata)
Family: Zingiberaceae (ginger, banana family)
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Hibiscus

hibiscus (Hibiscus)
Family: Malvaceae (mallow, hibiscus, cotton family)
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Blue Porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)
Family: Verbenaceae (verbena family)
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Mango (Mangifera indica)
Family: Anacardiaceae
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Sculpture
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Sculpture
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Sculpture
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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We You They

Sculpture
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Dragon dog

Sculpture
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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UPR Building

UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Benches

UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
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Condado

Bridge

Bridges
Condado, Puerto Rico
May 1, 2021
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Mangrove

Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)
Family: Rhizophoraceae (mangroves)
Condado, Puerto Rico
May 1, 2021
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Vieques

Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Vieques is an island off the east coast of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Duffy's

Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Domestic horse (Equus caballus)
Family: Equidae (equines)
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Domestic horse (Equus caballus)
Family: Equidae (equines)
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Domestic horse (Equus caballus)
Family: Equidae (equines)
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Domestic horse (Equus caballus)
Family: Equidae (equines)
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Dogs (Canis familiaris )
Family: Canidae (dogs)
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Bioluminescence

Dinoflagellate (Pyrodinium bahamense)
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Hacienda Tamarindo

Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Family: Thraupidae (tanagers and quits)
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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The local name for the bananaquit is La Reinita (little queen)
La Reinita is the national bird of Puerto Rico
A nesting pair visible from the breakfast balcony put on quite a show.

Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Family: Thraupidae (tanagers and quits)
Vieques, Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrants, kingbirds, phoebes)
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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(Microcentrum incarnatum)
Family: Tettigoniidae (katydids)
Hacienda Tamarindo
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Hacienda Tamarindo
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Hacienda Tamarindo
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Little mesquite cicada (Pacarina puella)
Family: Cicadidae (typical cicada)
Hacienda Tamarindo
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Queen's wreath (Petrea volubilis)
Family: Verbenaceae (verbena family)
Hacienda Tamarindo
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Near to the little queen was the queen's wreath.
The flowers slowly drifted to the ground as little propellers.

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Hacienda Tamarindo
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Hacienda Tamarindo
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Rosary Pea (Abrus precatorius)
Family: Fabaceae (legumes, peas)
Hacienda Tamarindo
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Hacienda Tamarindo
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
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Hacienda Tamarindo
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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hibiscus (Hibiscus)
Family: Malvaceae (mallow, hibiscus, cotton family)
Hacienda Tamarindo
Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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White tail, red tail

Red tail hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles)
Hacienda Tamarindo
Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Because women are always right

Toilets, comodes, bathrooms, outhouses, WCs
Hacienda Tamarindo
Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Wall snail

West Indian bulimulus (Bulimulus guadalupensis)
Family: Bulimulidae
Hacienda Tamarindo
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Secret Beach

Secret Beach
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Ancient urchin bore no more

Atlantic rock-boring urchin (Echinometra lucunter)
Family: Echinometridae
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Marooned

Order: Rotaliida - a type of foraminifera
Secret Beach/a>
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Rocks
Secret Beach/a>
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Beach baby

Secret Beach/a>
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Playa Negra

Sign

Playa Negra
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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One attraction of Vieques is a small black sand beach.
The beach was quite close to where we were staying.
The sand changes rather abruptly from "sand" colored to black
The walk down to the beach via a wandering canyon was quite interesting.

Playa Negra
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Leave only footprints

Playa Negra
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)
Family: Malvaceae (mallow, hibiscus, kapok family)
Playa Negra
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)
Family: Malvaceae (mallow, hibiscus, kapok family)
Playa Negra
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Playa Negra
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Fallen termite nest

Termites ()

Playa Negra
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Wild, wild horses

Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
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Ceiba

Sculture
Ceiba, Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Big ass fan

Fans

Ceiba, Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
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Salto Curet

Welcome

Waterfalls
Salto Curet, Maricao
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
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Waterfalls
Salto Curet, Maricao
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
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Waterfalls
Bob
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
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Thorn treehopper (Umbonia crassicornis)
Family: Membracidae (typical treehoppers)
Salto Curet, Maricao
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
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Thorn treehopper (Umbonia crassicornis)
Family: Membracidae (typical treehoppers)
Salto Curet, Maricao
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
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Thorn treehopper (Umbonia crassicornis)
Family: Membracidae (typical treehoppers)
Salto Curet, Maricao
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
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Bitter melon (Momordica charantia)
Family: Cucurbitaceae (gourd, melon family)
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
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Through or around

Salto Curet, Maricao
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
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Transportation breakdown

Wrecks
Salto Curet
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
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Waterfalls
Salto Curet, Maricao
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
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Waterfalls
Salto Curet, Maricao
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
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Maricao

Mail cat

Domestic cat (Felis catus)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Mailboxes
en route to Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
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In retrospect, we should have been forewarned by this row of mailboxes.
Google Maps sent us on a route that was impassible and we got stuck - death by GPS.

Mail cat

Domestic cat (Felis catus)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Mailboxes
en route to Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon R5

Mean dog

Dogs (Canis familiaris )
Family: Canidae (dogs)
en route to Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon R5

Mean dog

Dogs (Canis familiaris )
Family: Canidae (dogs)
en route to Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon R5

Domestic cat (Felis catus)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Family: Leporidae (rabbits and hares)
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

Mari-cow

Domestic cows (Bos taurus)
Family: Bovidae (cows, buffalo, zebu, yak)
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

Helmeted Guinea fowl ()

Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

Hacienda Juanita

When birding comes to loggerheads

Loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrants, kingbirds, phoebes)
Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon R5

Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)
Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

Pearly-eyed thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
Family: Mimidae (mockingbirds and thrashers)
Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

Giant crab spider (Heteropoda venatoria)

Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
Family: Bufonidae (true toads)
Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
Family: Bufonidae (true toads)
Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon R5

Common coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
Family: Leptodactylus
Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

El Coquí is the national symbol of The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
It's image is everywhere, as is the sound of its call at night.
Actually seeing one is extremely difficult.
I first encountered the coqui in Hawaii where it is an introduced invasive.

Common coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
Family: Leptodactylus
Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Common coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
Family: Leptodactylus
Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Common coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
Family: Leptodactylus
Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

Tropical house gecko Hemidactylus mabouia
Family: Gekkonidae (typical geckoes)
Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Frangipani (Plumeria)
Family: Apocynaceae
Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

()

Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

hibiscus (Hibiscus)
Family: Malvaceae (hibiscus, mallow family)
Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)

Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon R5

Caesar Weed (Urena lobata )
Family: Malvaceae (hibiscus, mallow family)
Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Jamaican forget-me-not (Browallia americana)
Family: Solanaceae (nightshade, tomato, potato family)
Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

()

Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Caffeine beans

Coffee (Coffea arabica)
Family: Rubiaceae (madder family)
Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

Stiffhair waxweed (Cuphea strigulosa)
Family: Lythraceae (lythrum family)
Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

(Gonzalagunia hirsuta)
Family: Rubiaceae (madder family)
Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

Sunset

Sunsets
Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Pixel 5

Sunset
Hacienda Juanita
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

El Yunque

(Leucauge argyra)

El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Puerto Rican tree snail (Caracolus caracolla)
Family: Pleurodontidae
El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Puerto Rican tree snail (Caracolus caracolla)
Family: Pleurodontidae
El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

(Nenia tridens)
Family: Clausiliidae (door snails) El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Yellow walking iris (Trimezia steyermarkii)
Family: Iridaceae (irises)
El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

(Trentepohlia aurea)
Family: Trentepohliaceae
Order: Trentepohliales(orange terrestrial algae)
El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Emerald anole (Anolis evermanni)
El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Tower
El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Tower
El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Tower
El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Tower stairs

Towers
Stairs
El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Fern ()

El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

()

El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

()

El Yunque, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Wax begonia (Begonia cucullata)
Family: Begoniaceae (begonia)
El Yunque
Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2
Canon R5

When ants prey

Panther ant (Pachycondyla)
Family: Formicidae (ants)
El Yunque
Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

When spiders play the violin

Dominican spider (Alcimosphenus licinus)
Family: Tetragnathidae (long-jawed orbweavers)
El Yunque
Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Pinkfringe (Arthrostemma ciliatum)
Family: Melastomataceae
El Yunque
Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Trumpetwood (Cecropia schreberiana)
Family: Urticaceae (nettle family)
El Yunque
Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Pink Trumpet-Tree (Tabebuia heterophylla)
Family: Bignoniaceae (bignonia family)
El Yunque
Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Yokatu Tower

Towers
El Yunque
Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Rio Grande

Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)
Family: Arecaceae (palms)
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Gray kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrants, kingbirds, phoebes)
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata)
Family: Ocypodidae (ghost and fiddler crabs)
Rio Grande
Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Southern masked chafer (Cyclocephala lurida)
Family: Scarabaeidae (scarabs)
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Lesser Pearl (Sitochroa verticalis)
Family: Crambidae (cambid snout moths)
Puerto Rico
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Phone-y photo

Rio Grande
Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Dean of the Caribbean

Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis)
Family: (swallows and martins)
Rio Grande
Puerto Rico
May 3, 2021
Canon R5

Camuy River Cave Park

Camuy River Cave Park
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2
Canon R5

Camuy River Cave Park
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Camuy River Cave Park
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Camuy River Cave Park
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Cave denizen

(Phrynus operculatus)
Family: Phrynidae (phrynid tailless whipscorpions)
Order: Amblypygi (tailless whipscorpions)
Camuy River Cave Park
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Guide

Camuy River Cave Park
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

Speleophiles

Camuy River Cave Park
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

When Jews wander

Inch plant or wandering Jew (Tradescantia zebrina)
Family: Commelinaceae (spiderworts)
Camuy River Cave Park
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon R5

Common coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
Family: Leptodactylus
Puerto Rico
May 6, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

This is an example of the ubiquitous imagery of the the coqui across Puerto Rico.

Torre de Piedra

Torre de Piedra (towers)
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Torre de Piedra (towers)
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Torre de Piedra (towers)
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Torre de Piedra (towers)
Maricao, Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021

Roof

Torre de Piedra (towers)
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Rincon, Aguada

Lighthouse
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Lighthouse
Bob
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Toilets, comodes, bathrooms, outhouses, WCs
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Toilets, comodes, bathrooms, outhouses, WCs
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Dome Beach
Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Dome Beach
Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Dome Beach
Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon R5

The steps of Rincon

Stairs
Steps Beach
Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Pixel 5

Caribbean land hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus)
Family: Coenobitidae (land hermit crabs)
Steps Beach
Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Because they are smart

Tattoos
Octopus ()
Steps Beach
Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon R5

Crab ()

Steps Beach
Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon R5

American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Family: Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)
Steps Beach
Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon R5

Windshield

Steps Beach
Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon R5

Algae ()
Family: Galaxauraceae - a type of red algae
Order: Nemaliales
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon R5

PC in PR

Drinks
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Bagels on board

The Wandering Bagel
Lox and bagels
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

In t-shirt form

The Wandering Bagel
Lox and bagels
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

A wreck with coffee

Coffee
Wrecks
The Daily Dose
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Big bignonia

Calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete)
Family: Bignoniaceae (bignonia family)
Aguada
Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete)
Family: Bignoniaceae (bignonia family)
Aguada
Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Bloodlily (Scadoxus multiflorus)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis, onions, spiderlilies)
Aguada
Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
Canon R5

Bloodlily (Scadoxus multiflorus)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis, onions, spiderlilies)
Aguada
Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
Canon R5

Beach spider lily (Hymenocallis littoralis)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis, onions, spiderlilies)
Aguada
Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Black-eyed Susan vine(Thunbergia alata)
Family: Acanthaceae (acanthus family)
Aguada, Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Aye, aye

Three-spotted skipper (Cymaenes tripunctus)
Family: Hesperiidae (skippers)
Aguada, Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Ghost crab

Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata)
Family: Ocypodidae (ghost and fiddler crabs)
Aguada, Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Millipede

Aguada, Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Abandoned

Wreck
Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport

Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport

Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport
Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Airport shop

Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport
Puerto Rico
April 27, 2021
Pixel 5

Misc

Taking license in Puerto Rico

Licenses

Puerto Rico
May 5, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

First dinner

()

Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2
Canon R5

Common Puerto Rican ameiva (Pholidoscelis exsul)
Family: Teiidae (whiptails, tegus, ameivas)
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon R5

Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

White scroll alga (Padina sanctae-crucis)
Family: Dictyotaceae (a type of brown algae)
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon R5

Brains of Puerto Rico

Symmetrical brain coral (Pseudodiploria strigosa)
Family: Faviida (brain corals)
Secret Beach
Vieques, Puerto Rico
May 4, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Bob

Bob
Salto Curet
Puerto Rico
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Bob limbers up

Bob
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 2, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

A limber is essentially a snow cone in a cup, no spoon provided.
This guy in Old San Juan sells them from a window in his house.

Bob and the Wandering Bagel

Bob
Bagels
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Bob with beach bagel

Bob
Bagels
Steps beach
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Pixel 5

Bob and keylime pie

Bob
Keylime pie
Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Bob and owner

The Daily Dose
Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 9, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Rincon, Puerto Rico
May 8, 2021
Canon R5

Bob
Hacienda Juanita
Puerto Rico
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
May 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Cemetery

Cementerio Santa María Magdalena de Pazzi
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

People

Party

Carolina
Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Shots fired

David
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Federico and Luis

Liga de Arte
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Aurora mallows out

Home-made marshallows
Carolina
Puerto Rico
April 28, 2021
Pixel 5

Puerto Rico
April 27, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Puerto Rico
April 27, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Itinerary

Puerto Rico 2021 Trip itinerary:
Autumn: April 27, 2021

April 27, 2021 Tuesday

Flight from Florida to San Juan

FLL to San Juan on Southwest - on "business select" (Beware this is a essentially a scam. There is nothing "business" or "select" about it. After complaining, I ended up getting a credit for the additional cost.)

Perle dropped me off

Josh Wong picked me up at San Juan Airport (SJU)

Drive to his place in Carolina - Marbella del Caribe Oeste

Unpacking and calls

Walk along Playa Isla Verde and Reserva Marina Arrecife de la Isla Verde

Pick up dinner at As Salam (274Calle Cesar Gonzales)- Fede drove

Dinner with David, Aurora, Federico, and Josh at David and Aurora's place

Back to Carolina after curfew

April 28, 2021 Wednesday

Breakfast at Josh and Fede's - string of lox and bagels is broken

Work in their day room

April 29, 2021 Thursday

Breakfast at Josh and Fede

Walk to San Juan

Uber the rest of the way to botanical garden

UPR Botanical Garden

Uber back to Carolina

Dinner with Josh and Fede at their place

April 30, 2021 Friday

Breakfast at Josh and Federico's

Drive to Old San Juan with Federico

Liga de Arte

Meet up with David Gasser and Luis A. Ortiz

Tour of Cemetery with David and Fede

Meet up with Cesar Piñeiro

Tour of Castillo San Cristóbal

David dropped me back in Carolina

Pool swim

Party!

May 1, 2021 Saturday

Enterprise Car Rental at Condado

Groceries - Walgreens - Carolina

Walk around Condado area

Starbuck - frappacino

Pick up K&S at airport

Carolina Beach

Dinner with K and S and Josh and Fede

Take out (El Tesoro del Coqui, Carolina) and eat at their flat

May 2, 2021 Sunday

Walk to Isla Verde Pueblo store

Work at Josh and Federico's - on university awards

Old San Juan with S

Libreria Labertinto

Limbers

Pick up K

Drive to Rio Grande

Night swim in the ocean with Kyler

May 3, 2021 Monday

Breakfast at Condo

Enterprise Rental, Wyndham Grand Rio Mar - sign second driver form

Coffee and cake to go - Wyndham Grand Rio Mar

Parrots in front of hotel

El Yunque

Mount Britain Hike

Teach Vaccine Revolution

May 4, 2021 Tuesday

Drive to

Sign second drive agreement at Enterprise

Get coffee

Drive to Ceiba Ferry

Ferry to Vieques

Black sand beach

Secret Beach

Lunch at Duffy's

Black Sand Beach

Bioluminescent tour at Mosquito Bay

Drive back to Hacienda Tamarindo

May 5, 2021 Wednesday

Breakfast at Hacienda Tamarindo

Drop off rental car

Stop for K to give apple to wild horse

Ferry to Ceiba

Drive to Maricao

Groceries at Pueblo

Dinner at Hacienda Juanita

Night walk

May 6, 2021 Thursday - Hacienda Juanita

Breakfast at Hacienda Juanita - french toast in black styrafoam

Camuy River Cave Park (Las Cavernas de Camuy) with K ($31)

Started pouring on the walk back from the tour

Lunch (hamburgers) and ice cream at the Caves

Gas in Maricao

Dinner at Hacienda Juanita - salmon in Styrafoam

Night walk

May 7, 2021 Friday

Breakfast at Hacienda Juanita - french toast in black styrafoam

Salto Curet in Maricao

Drive to Rincon

Groceries

May 8, 2021 Saturday

Wandering Bagel - lox bagel, buy T-shirt

Coffee

Lighthouse

Dome Beach overlook

Rincon Dive and Snorkel - get equipment for Kyler

Step beach - snorkeling

May 9, 2021 Sunday

Walk to beach

Rincon Dive and Snorkel - drop off equipment - buy T shirt

The Daily Dose - coffee in a wreck VW bug

Drive to Old San Juan

Airport drop off

Flight back to Florida

Southwest to FLL

Pick up by Perle

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Created: April 25, 2021 (from florida2021.html)
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