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"La riqueza no está en las arcas colmadas sino en los corazones henchidos. No en la casa suntuosa, sino en la morada siempre abierta llena de la luz ungida de la hospitalidad." - Abelardo Díaz Alfaro

"Wealth is not in full coffers but in swollen hearts. Not in the sumptuous house, but in the always open home filled with the anointed light of hospitality"

📍Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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¡ Despierta Borinqueño, que han dado la señal !

📍 Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Guacamayo Puertorriqueño / Puerto Rican Macaw

San Juan, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Flight of the: Frigatebird

📍Playa Buyé, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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"Run to the hills, Run for your lives" - Iron Maiden, Run to the Hills

📍Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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“You know you are looking at ethereal beauty, when even Nature stops and pauses.” - James M Stoffel, Jr

📍Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Spotting a stoic "Garza Real" aka Egret / Ardea Alba in the middle of the sea

📍Playa Escondida, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Rear View.

📍Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Cacao growing in my friend's backyard. The tree was planted 5 years ago and has survived a plethora of natural disasters including the devastating Hurricane Maria.

ca·ca·o /kəˈkou,kəˈkāō/

noun: cacao; plural noun: cacaos

seeds from a small tropical American evergreen tree, from which cocoa, cocoa butter, and chocolate are made.

the tree that bears cacao seeds, which are contained in large, oval pods that grow on the trunk. It is now cultivated mainly in West Africa.

mid 16th century: via Spanish from Nahuatl cacaua .

📍San Juan, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Spotted preening: Turpial Puertorriqueño (Icterus portoricensis) / Venezuelan Troupial / Icterus icterus

📍Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Spotted at the drive through: Gallo Silvestre / Red Junglefowl a.k.a. Rooster / Gallus gallus

📍Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Spotted at the drive through: Gallo Silvestre / Red Junglefowl a.k.a. Rooster / Gallus gallus

📍Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Spotted driving the scenic route off the Puerto Rican coast

📍Scenic Route, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Siouxsie Sioux, the doge (yes, and the Banshees)

📍San Juan, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Carpintero de Puerto Rico / Puerto Rican Wood Pecker / Melanerpes portoricensis

"The Puerto Rican woodpecker (Melanerpes portoricensis) is the only woodpecker endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico and is one of the five species of the genus Melanerpes that occur in the Antilles. Furthermore, it is the only resident species of the family Picidae in Puerto Rico."

Source: birdsofpuertorico.com

More info including audio: ebird.org

📍Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Meet Paloma the Cow, she's a friendly gal.

📍Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

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Zorzal Pardo/Chucho a.k.a Cuitlacoche Chucho / Pearly-eyed Thrasher / Margarops fuscatus

"On Puerto Rico, it is very common throughout the island in most habitats—the lone exception to its general inability to thrive on large islands with diverse avifaunas."

"Often behaves more like a jay than like a typical thrasher: noisily barging onto a scene in squabbling groups, taking scraps of food from picnic tables, etc."

Source: birdfinding.info

📍Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II