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Peter R. Bono
Activities and Interests
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Contact: pbono@prba.com
Peter's interests include international travel, classical music,
"oldies-but-goodies," and reading.
However, his chief hobby is bird watching.
As of July 1, 2007:
- His US life list (ABA area) stands at 671 species (out
of a possible 800+). His latest ABA lifers
were Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Red-faced Cormorant, Horned Puffin, Kittzlitz’s Murrelet,
and Smith’s Longspur, seen in Alaska, in June 2007.
- His World life
list (Clement's 5th edition including updates
through December 15, 2006) stands at 4903 species (out of a possible
9830).
- In March 2007, he
added 78 species as a result of a 10-day Legacy Tours Trip to Mexico.
Among the many Mexican endemics seen were the following outstanding
species: West Mexican Chachalaca, Banded
Quail, Lilac-crowned Parrot, Balsas Screech-Owl, Colima Pygmy-Owl,
Short-crested Coquette, Dusky, Green-fronted, White-tailed, and
Bumblebee Hummingbirds, Citreoline Trogon, Wagler’s Toucanet,
Golden-cheeked, Gray-breasted, Strickland’s, and Gray-crowned
Woodpeckers, White-striped Woodcreeper,
Pileated and Flammulated Flycatchers,
Gray-barred, Boucard’s, Sinaloa, and
Happy Wrens, Russet Nightingale-thrush, Rufous-backed Robin, San Blas
and White-throated Jays, Golden Vireo, Black-headed Siskin, Hooded
Grosbeak, Black-polled Yellowthroat, Red, Fan-tailed and Golden-browed
Warblers, Red-breasted Chat, Rufous-capped and Green-striped
Brush-Finches, Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow, Collared Towhee, Black-chested, Striped, and Sierra Madre Sparrows, Orange-breasted
Bunting, Fuertes and Black-backed Orioles, and Yellow-winged
Cacique. One more endemic
(Long-tailed Wood-partridge) was heard only. Additional regional specialties
seen included White-faced Quail-Dove, Lesser Ground-Cuckoo, Stygian
Owl, Northern Potoo, Russet-crowed Motmot, Scaly-throated and Ruddy Foliage-gleaners,
Pine and Nutting’s Flycatchers, Gray
Silky-flycatcher, Banded Wren, Blue Mockingbird, Brown-backed
Solitaire, Black Robin, White-lored
Gnatcatcher, Chestnut-capped Shrike-Vireo, Crescent-chested
Warbler, Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer,
Stripe-headed and Rusty Sparrows, and Black-vented Oriole. 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.
Daughter Diane is a 1997
graduate of Mount Holyoke College.
She works as an HR Manager in the Boston
area.
