My profession is to always find God in nature.
Henry David Thoreau

Welcome !

The main content of this website is wildlife photography in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Since I retired several years ago from public service I have dedicated my time to photographing birds and other wildlife in our wonderful Caribbean Island. I particularly enjoy macro photography.

I also enjoy making Creative Digital renditions of photos which appear in the Creative Digital Section of this website. These are real life photos digitally altered to reflect pleasant, artistic, renditions.

I hope you enjoy the photos. Even though I am not an expert, I have made a great effort to identify the photos on this website and portray all the information provided in a correct manner. Nevertheless, there may be some unintentional mistakes. If you have any difference of opinion regarding the identification of any photo or require any information about the content of this website please let me know. You can turn off the music by placing the cursor over the photo, this will display the sound icon and you can turn it off.


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AddressSan Juan
Puerto Rico
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Some of my photographs have been used for various publications. Others have been winners in local bird photo contests. One photo was used in 2007 as a theme photo for the KAAY FECC - Festival international de toutes les danses, 4ème édition du Festival Kaay Fecc, held in the République du Sénégal.

In 2007 I published two books using the Blurb book website. One book, called Aves del Parque Central de San Juan, can be seen here: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/54071. The other is a nature photo book of the Caribbean Island of Dominica. It can be seen here: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/51132. Also many of my bird photos can also be seen on two other excellent sites: http://alfredo.colon.oiseaux.net/index.en.html and http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/home-page.html.

I’m a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Life in the internet with Dragonfly (Odonata) photos, http://www.eol.org/, and to the local Ornithological Society, Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc, with local bird photos. Some of my Shorebird photos can be seen at http://www.avesdepuertorico.org/playeros.html.

An interesting article on Nectarivory in Puerto Rican Emerald Anoles (Anolis evermanni) can be read at http://alfredocolon.zenfolio.com/anolis_evermanni.pdf. The article was published by the International Reptile Conservation Foundation which can be found at http://www.ircf.org/.

An article written by me in Spanish on Photographing Birds in Puerto Rico can be read at the following link:
Un artículo que escribí sobre Fotografiando Aves en Puerto Rico se puede leer en:

http://alfredocolon.zenfolio.com/fotografiando_aves_en_puerto_rico.pdf.

The article was published in the forum of Fotografía 101 of Puerto Rico whose website can be found at:
El artículo se publicó en el foro de Fotografía 101 de Puerto Rico que se encuentra en:

http://www.fotografia101.com/


Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
Henry David Thoreau


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28.Lillian Rodriguez (lillirod)(non-registered)
Que maravilla de galeria fotografica! Obviamente el resultado de un trabajo impecable, dedicado y paciente para lograr estas maravillosas composiciones, tan ricas en detalle y color. La coleccion mas completa de insectos y aves que he visto. Lo felicito por tan excelente trabajo!
27.Pol Tirado(non-registered)
Bravo!
26.Peggy Hughes, Oxford, Ohio USA(non-registered)
I enjoyed looking at your caterpillar pictures. I find it interesting to see how some of them look like
cousins of some that live here in Ohio. Many, however look completely unlike any I have seen. I appreciate the incredible amount of work that went into finding and photographing so many caterpillars. I plan to visit Culebra this winter and can't wait to go caterpillar hunting. Your photos
have inspired me. Excellent work!
25.Héctor E. Colón(non-registered)
Alfredo:

He quedado estupefacto con tan maravillosas fotos y el combo con la fina música. Ha sido también una terapia y una alegría, volver a ver criaturas que desde niño, les he "echado el ojo" pero con tu fotografía vuelves a evocar tan gratos recuerdos. ¡Gracias por compartir las mismas!

Sinceramente,

Héctor E. Colón
24.Rene Fuentes(non-registered)
Buenas... muy buenas fotos de la fauna de mi islita!!!
Saludos