The tour in February '90 included a trip (by air) to uninhabited Mona Island, off the west coast of Puerto Rico, about mid-way between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Birds found only there noted by an (mi).

A few tours included a trip by ferry to Culebra Island, off northeastern Puerto Rico, about mid-way between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

During our Feb 6-11, '96 tour, we conducted our first Caribbean pelagic trip off the west coast of Puerto Rico. A Black-capped Petrel was seen. (Only 3 records in Raffaele's book: "Birds of Puerto Rico".) Also whales and dolphins. During the pelagic trip with our Feb 15-19 tour, about 300 boobies. Over 200 of them, Red-footed (both brown & white morphs). Also a 60-foot Whale Shark by the boat. This 4-day tour, one day shorter than our norm. With the pelagic trip during the March '96 tour, 6 species of terns were seen.

Inexplicably, a male Baikal Teal was in a large flock of Blue-winged Teal on Feb 24, 2001 on a pond on Little Cayman Islandm a small, remote place with few people. The behavior of the Baikal Teal was the same as that of the Blue-winged Teal (as a wary, wild bird). The Feb 2001 Baikal Teal was not banded. It was photographed. As far as we know, there was no previous record of this species in the West Indies. The species in Asia has been known to wander on occasion to the south beyond its normal range. It has occurred in North America, particularly Alaska, casually. The Feb 2001 Little Cayman bird may have joined with Blue-winged Teal in western North America and migrated south with them. Also it should be noted that Baikal Teals have occurred in North America as escapes.     

12 of the very rare Puerto Rican Parrots were seen during FONT Puerto Rican tour #12, in March 1996. Subsequently, the species has become more difficult to see in the wild. 3 were seen during tour #18, in March 1998. The species was seen again during tour #22, in March 2000. One wild bird was seen during tour #26, in March 2004.

The Dunlin has probably been observed only rarely in the Dominican Republic. The book "A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies" indicates no sightings, although it notes some records to the west in Cuba and to the east in Puerto Rico. 2 birds were seen during the FONT tour on December 28, 1998 at Salinas, along the southern DR coast, west of Santo Domingo.  

Jamaican (formerly Olive-throated) Conures/Parakeets were first found during our FONT tours in the Dominican Republic in July 1995, with a substantial number (15-20) in a wild, remote area in the western part of the country, at mid-elevation in the Baoruco Mountains. Also during that tour, 1 was found in a flock of Hispaniolan Conures/Parakeets in the city of Santo Domingo.
During all FONT tours since 1995 in the Baoruco Mountains, the Jamaican Conure/Parakeet has been seen.     

Although "A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands", by Herbert A. Raffaele, indicates that there are no records for the Northern Rough-winged Swallow in Puerto Rico, the species was seen there during our March '98 tour in the eastern part of the island. The fore-mentioned book does say that it has been noted as a rare migrant in the Virgin Islands.

Plumages of Golden Warblers vary throughout the Lesser Antillean islands. The males of Domincia & St. Lucia have pale chestnut caps. That of Martinique has a chestnut head.

Most of the Bananaquits in St. Vincent are all-black, Coereba flaveola atrata. Also, however, the yellow-bellied race of nearby St. Lucia, Coereba flaveola martinicana, has also seen during our tours in St. Vincent, along the eastern coast of the island.