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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 December 31, 2009:
- His US
life list (ABA
area) stands at 673 species
(out of a possible 800+). His latest ABA
lifers were a Fork-tailed Flycatcher in Wellfleet (Cape Cod), MA, seen
and photographed on September 30, 2009, and a Northern Hawk-Owl seen
and photographed in Center
Harbor, NH,
in February 2009.
- His World life list (Clement's 6th edition
including updates through December 2009) stands at 5169 species (out of a possible 9995):
4992 seen and 177 heard only.
With the latest Clement’s update, he had a NET GAIN of 10
species (10 splits).
- 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 Southern Mexico.
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.



