Peter R. Bono
Activities and Interests

 

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 March 10, 2009:

        • His US life list (ABA area) stands at 673 species (out of a possible 800+). His latest ABA lifers were a Northern Hawk-Owl seen and photographed in Center Harbor, NH, in February 2009 and a Black-tailed Gull seen and photographed in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in November 2008.
        • His World life list (Clement's 6th edition including updates through October 15, 2008) stands at 5100 species (out of a possible 9886):  4925 seen and 175 heard only.  With the latest Clement’s update, he had a NET LOSS of 23 species (5 splits and 28 lumps).
        • 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.
        • In July-August 2008, he added 202 species (174 seen and 28 heard only) as a result of a 25-day Manu Expeditions trip to the Manu Biosphere in Southeastern Peru. Top birds seen included Pale-winged Trumpeter, Peruvian Recurvebill, Wire-crested Thorntail, Rufous-crested Coquette, Royal Cinclodes, Golden-collared Tanager, Black-backed Tody Flycatcher, Bartlett’s Tinamou, Blue-headed Macaw, Ringed Antpipit, Horned Screamer, Black Hawk-Eagle (perched at close range), Koepcke’s, Rufescent and White-throated Screech Owls, Swallow-tailed and Lyre-tailed Nightjars, Curl-crested Aracari, Crested and Golden-headed Quetzal, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Slaty Gnateater, White-bellied Tody-Tyrant, Golden-crowned and White-crested Spadebills, Parodi’s Hemispingus, and Apurimac, Black-faced, and Cusco Brush-Finches.  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.

Alaska 2007 Photos

2007 Alaska Trip Report

Argentina 1989 Photos*

Argentina Report covering trips in 1989 & 2003

Argentina 2003 Photos

2003 Argentina Trip Report

Australia Photos

Australia Report covering trips in 1986 & 1999

Brazil Photos

1989 Brazil Trip Report

Brazil (Northeast) Photos

2000 Northeast Brazil Trip Report

Brazil (Southeast) Photos

2003 Southeast Brazil Trip Report

Chile 2003 Photos

2003 Chile Trip Report

Costa Rica Photos

Costa Rica Report covering trips in 1997 & 1998

Dominican Republic 2007 Photos

2007 Dominican Republic Report

Ecuador Photos

1995 Ecuador Trip Report

East Falkland Island Photos

2003 East Falkland Island Trip Report

Greece Photos

Greece Report covering trips in 1990, 2000, & 2008

Hong Kong and South China Photos

1994 Hong Kong and South China Trip Report

India Photos

1988 India Trip Report

India Birds & Animals

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Japan Photos

1990 Japan Trip Report

Kenya Photos

1991 Kenya Trip Report

Madagascar Photos

1998 Madagascar Trip Report

Malaysia and Borneo Photos

1997 Malaysia and Borneo Trip Report

Mexico Photos

Mexico Report covering trips in 1995 & 1998

Mexico 2007 Photos*

Mexico 2007: Acapulco to Mexico City

Mexico (Yucatan) 2009 Photos

Mexico 2009: Yucatan Peninsula

New Zealand Photos

1986 New Zealand Trip Report

Papua New Guinea Photos

1999 Papua New Guinea Trip Report

Philippines Photos

2001 Philippines Trip Report

Peru (Central & Northern Images)

2002 Central & Northern Peru Trip Report (combined)

Peru (Central Images Only)

2002 Central Peru Trip Report Only

Video of Solitary Eagle in flight

Birding the Lima Coast and Central Highway (Narrative)

Peru (Northern Images Only)

2002 Northern Peru Trip Report Only

Southeast Peru (Slideshow)

2008 SE Peru (Manu Biosphere) Trip Report

Singapore Photos

2001 Singapore Trip Report

Southern Oceans Pelagic Photos

Southern Cone Photos*

2003 Southern Cone Trip Report

Spain Photos

Spain Report covering trips in 1993 & 1996

Thailand 2006 Photos

2006 Thailand Trip Report

Trinidad & Tobago Photos

1995 Trinidad & Tobago Trip Report

Uruguay 2003 Photos*

2003 Uruguay Trip Report

Western Caribbean 2005 Photos*

2005 Western Caribbean Trip Report



Daughter Diane is a 1997 graduate of Mount Holyoke College.
She works as an HR Manager in the Boston area.