Puerto Rican t's in the wild. Pics

[N.W.A.]

Not that I'm greedy or anything, but I would have taken one back for a pet because they're so cool.

 

[evil_educator]

wow those are really sweet pics. I'd love to watch t's in the wild.

 

[esmoot]

I thought Avic were generally very docile, but you say about half were very defensive. Were these all Avic that you are talking about? (Looks it, but just checking...) And so were these unusually defensive compared to CB? Or what? Is Avic laeta more defensive than other Avic?

Beautiful pics, anyway. (Nice to see you around the boards again. )

Sorry about not getting back to you earlier. What I was trying to say was that at least half of the A. laeta we came across were very defensive. I have kept A. laeta for a couple of years and they defensive at times but never like what I saw in the wild. They seem to be the most defensive Avic that I have kept.

 

[esmoot]

Great pics Eric... sure would love to have that mature male :drool: I still have the female that I got from you a while back...

We lift the mature male where we found him to do his thing.

 

[esmoot]

Very nice pics. Were they easy to find? What was the population like? Pretty high numbers?

I'm not sure how widespread they are on the island since we only had time to for them at one location. They were pretty easy to find once you knew what to look for. If you did not have someone to show you where and what to look for you might never find them though. They were pretty much in every tree and were hundreds of them.

 

[Greg Wolfe]

In the wild...

Those are fantastic photos! Did you observe any other sp.?

 

[esmoot]

Those are fantastic photos! Did you observe any other sp.?

There are a few other sp. on the island but I just did not have the free time to go see them on that trip.

 

[Greg Wolfe]

In the wild...

There are a few other sp. on the island but I just did not have the free time to go see them on that trip.

Okay, just curious if you observed any Cyrtophylis porporicae there.

 

[esmoot]

Okay, just curious if you observed any Cyrtophylis porporicae there.

I have not seen them in person but I know for sure they are on several locations on the Island.

 

[GQ.]

Wow! Excellent post. I always enjoy seeing field photos. Thanks for sharing! You too Seek!

 

[JohnxII]

I just love this kind of threads. Please keep them coming!