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Peter R.
Bono |
Contact:
pbono@prba.com
Peter's interests include international
travel, classical music, "oldies-but-goodies," and reading.
However, his chief hobbies are bird watching and collecting stamps that show
birds as their main subject.
As of December 10, 2015:
- Peter’s
- Peter’s World life list (Clement's 6th
edition including updates through August 2015) stands at 6216 species (out of a possible
10300+):
6052 seen and 164 heard only. - In October 2015, a 21-day Central Brazil trip
(“Safari
- In August 2015, he picked up 15
“armchair” species with the latest Clements updates
including Somali Ostrich, Newell’s Shearwater, and Mexican
Hermit, along with several South American, South African and Asian
splits. Click
here to see my current eBird “Top
100” ranking. Click here (and
change the number of records per page to 100) to see his ABA
ranking—much lower because not every ABA lister
enters sightings into eBird and, even if they
do, they have not necessarily had time to enter all their sightings
records yet into eBird, so their totals on eBird are lower than they are on the ABA Listing
Central site (e.g., #3 Peter Kaestner shows
2000 more species on the ABA ranking compared to his eBird totals).
- In April-May 2015, a 19-day Ecuador, Galapagos, Peru trip
added 30 lifers—25 of them on the Galapagos, including 11
Darwin’s finches, all 4 mockingbirds, Lava & Swallow-tailed Gulls,
Galapagos Penguin, Petrel, Dove, Hawk, and Flycatcher, Flightless
Cormorant, Nazca Booby, and Wedge-rumped
Storm-Petrel. In
- In January 2015, a 11-day Southern Caribbean cruise added
11 lifers—10 of them on
- In October 2014, a Field Guides trip to Northwest Argentina added 88
species including Andean and James’s Flamingo, Rufous-throated
Dipper, Red-tailed Comet, Giant and Horned Coot, White-browed and
Zimmer’s Tapaculo, Salinas Monjita,
Tucuman Parrot and Mountain-Finch, Crested and Sandy Gallito, White-throated Cachalote,
Spot-winged Falconet, and several new warbling-finches, brush-finches,
sierra-finches, and flycatchers.
Click here for a full trip
report. Photos can be
found here.
- In May 2014, Peter passed the 6000 threshold by seeing 121
new lifers on a very productive trip with Zoothera Birding to
Click here for a full trip report. Selected photos can be found here. - In Sep-Oct 2013, a fabulous trip to
- In August 2013, he picked up 17
“armchair” species with the latest Clements updates
including Iberian Magpie, Japanese and Cinereous Tit, Blue-headed
Bee-eater, and Bismarck Crow along with several South American and
Southeast Asian splits.
- In February 2013, a fabulous and
comprehensive tour of Ghana
with Birdquest (Nik Borrow, guide) delivered
217 new species (13 heard only) including such mega-specialities
as White-necked Rockfowl, Egyptian Plover,
Congo Serpent Eagle, Hartlaub’s Duck, Nkulengu Rail, Forbes’s Plover,
Standard-winged Nightjar, Rosy and Black Bee-eater, Yellow-throated and
Thick-billed Cuckoo, five spectacular turacos,
and many new hornbills, sunbirds, greenbuls, and weavers. Click here
for the whole trip report.
For photos of birds,
click here; for mammals,
click here.
- In August 2012, the latest Clements update
added 14 “armchair” species including splits of House
Sparrow, Common Stonechat, Golden Whistler,
Little Spiderhunter, and a number of Philippine species newly split from their south Asian congeners. - In September 2011, a great tour with Field
Guides to Manaus and the
Brazilian Amazon resulted in 108 new species including
Harpy Eagle, Orange-breasted Falcon, many Guianan Shield endemics, and lots of localized ant-“things”. Click here for the whole trip report. - In August 2011, the latest Clements update
added 13 “armchair” species including Common Gallinule,
Snowy Plover, and
a number of Philippine species newly split from their south Asian congeners. - In July 2011, a wonderful tour with
Colombian endemics: parrots, hummingbirds, tanagers, and more. Click here for the whole trip report. - In November 2009, a cruise in French Polynesia (Tahiti, Raiatea,
Rangiroa, Huahine, Bora Bora, and Moorea)
yielded 12 new species including Tahiti Petrel, Kingfisher, Monarch,
Swiftlet, and Reed-Warbler; Kermadec Petrel,
Christmas Shearwater, Blue Noddy,
Gray-backed Tern, Gray-green Fruit-Dove, Blue Lorikeet, and Bristle-thighed Curlew. Click here for the whole trip report. - In July 2009, he added 47 species as a result
of a 15-day birding trip with Legacy
Tours to
Life birds included White-bellied Chachalaca, Great Curassow, Double-striped Thick-knee, Tuxtla Quail-Dove, Pacific Parakeet, Pacific Screech Owl, Blue-capped, Azure-throated, and Wine-throated Hummingbirds, Slender Sheartail, Tody and Blue-throated Motmot, Rufous-breasted Spinetail, Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet, Belted Flycatcher, Gray-collared Becard, Black-capped Swallow,
Giant, Nava’s, Rufous-browed, and Sumichrast’s Wren, Blue-and-white Mockingbird, Slate-colored Solitaire, Rufous-collared Robin,
Aztec Thrush, Azure-hooded, Black-throated, Dwarf, and Unicolored Jay, Slaty and Dwarf Video, Green Shrike-Vireo, Hooded Yellowthroat, Pink-headed Warbler, Red-headed Tanager, Ruddy-breasted and Blue Seedeater, White-throated Towhee, Bridled,
Cinnamon-tailed (Sumichrast’s), and Oaxaca Sparrow, Rose-bellied (Rosita’s) Bunting, and Bar-winged Oriole.
Click here for the whole trip report. - In January 2009, he added 16 species as a
result of a 6-day birding get-away to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Life birds included Ocellated
Turkey, Ruddy Crake, Gray-headed Dove, Yucatan Poorwill,
Yucatan Nightjar, Wedge-tailed Sabrewing, White-bellied Emerald,
Mexican Sheartail, Tawny-winged and Ruddy
Woodcreeper, Stub-tailed Spadebill, Yucatan Wren, Gray-throated Chat,
Yellow-winged Tanager, Green-backed Sparrow and Blue Bunting. Click here for the whole trip report. - His home yard list from July 1975 to February
2002 is available (click here).
You may select from the
following to see a sampling of his photos and to download his trip reports. Not
all the sets of photos are available--these are marked with an asterisk. The
trip reports are in HTML format and may be printed after viewing.
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