Looking for Birds in Cuba

Looking for Birds in Cuba With Cate, 2 Bob's, Scott, 2 John's, Mike, Forrest, Cary, Ellen, Sallie, Allie, Alejandro and Rolando

From February 22nd to March 3rd, we traveled to some bird habitats in Cuba. WOW! We covered some ground! Ranging from the lovely white sands of Playa Giron to semi-deciduous forests and the limestone covered hills of Cuevas de las Portales, we saw impressive creatures from in as well as outside the bus. So much to take in.... Now, in no particular order, some of the birds I was lucky enough to see.

Black-cowled Oriole

Common Black Hawk

Blue -Headed Quail Dove

Bare-legged Owl

Zapata Wren- What a star. Almost on cue flew in, sang his heart out, then took off for higher ground

Zapata Wren

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Cuban Emerald Hummingbird

Cuban Grassquit

White-winged Dove

Cuban Amazon

I love the parrots

Oriente Warbler

Yellow- headed Warbler

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

White-crowned Pigeon

Cuban Green

Cuban Solitaire- Lovely voice but shy

Cuban Tody- tiny beautiful bird and so quick

Cuban Green

Cuban Pygmy Owl

Cuban Trogan

Cape May Warbler

Cuban Pewee

Fernandinas Flicker- Loved this bird

Fernandinas Flicker

Snail Kite

West Indian Woodpecker

Flamingos- So outrageous in their color but so far away!

Green Heron

Grassquit Tree

Killdeer-Wish all my birds would cooperate like this one

Louisiana Water Thrush

Lizard Cuckoo- Could have spent a day photographing him

Loggerhead Kingbird

Black-necked Stilts and Yellowlegs

Tawny Shouldered Blackbird

Mergansers and Dowitchers

Immature White Ibis

Palm Warbler

Pigeon- any bird that came close to me was fair game as those warblers and gnatcatchers proved to quick for me

Palm Warbler

Yellow Warbler

American Redstart

Cuban Pewee

Greater Antillean Nightjar

Roseate Spoonbill-another bird I can't get enough of

Red-legged Thrush

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Ruddy Turnstone

Smooth-billed Ani's

Kestrel and Cuban Parrots

So many got away from my camera- Bee Hummingbird, Parula and multiple warblers, Gnat-catchers, Giant Kingbird, Cuban Crow, Caracara, Merlin, Cuban Parakeet to name a few. I guess we will have to just go back to find them. It was a pleasure to be with all of you and I truly hope we can all be together again. Buen viajes y hasta luego. Cheers-Allie

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