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saturday night: has a horse ever looked down his nose at you in the snooty horse set and yacht set town, you ain't lived until you've been scorned by a horse

2006-10-23 - 4:37 p.m.

all photos © 2006 by elaine radford

view of ocean from el yunque national park

Saturday, October 21

All day at El Yungue rainforest preserve. New birds seen:

  • Cattle Egret -- on drive over
  • Puerto Rican Tody -- OK, I actually saw one right by the road and right away too, these birds ain't shy, D. expressed skepticism, thank goodness we later saw a beautiful and confiding pair near a stream that did everything but tapdance on his head -- a WOW bird
  • Black Swift -- a single bird seen from the tower
  • Northern Waterthrush -- best view ever I've seen of this pleasant bird
  • Black-Throated Blue Warbler -- a pair, but the male is the one who hung out and gave us the show
  • Antillean Mango -- the female well seen without a doubt but we had some debate and dispute about whether we saw the male, which can actually be confused with the Green Carib if you're me apparently
  • Antilles Crested Hummingbird -- unfortunately, I saw the female, which buzzed right over me and gave me a good long look but which has no crest, I'm only a little bitter
  • American Redstart -- a fine female who showed off repeatedly and patiently
  • Black-Faced Grassquit -- a nice pair doing what they do best

Other notables:

Definitely not a new bird for the day, but the fledgling Bananaquit that posed in its faded plumage and even flicked out its nectar-lapping tongue was a stand-out. Another memorable was the Small Indian Mongoose that came damn close to running over my foot. I screamed, and the mongoose was history. At least we know that one didn't have rabies. It thinks I'm the crazy lady.

We did several trails, including the famous La Mina with its creek/waterfall and the ancient tree trail of rare and endangered trees. Whew. More later when I can look at my photos.

We stayed at the Anchor Inn, where we also had dinner. I'm writing this on Monday night, and I might still be full. The owner came out and waited on the gringoids who had stumbled by. Black bean soup, salad with his spectacular dressing which he made sure we knew was his invention, a paella with the kitchen sink including half a lobster tail. I wish I knew the secrets of how it was spiced, but I doubt he's going to give away his secret.

paella, anchor inn, fajardo

This town, Fajardo, seemed to be holding a horse show of the snooty, fine-boned Paso Fino horses. As we drove, we watched them prance, and as we dined in our window seat, we could see the parade of them passing by.

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