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Photography => Non-Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Andygod on February 16, 2016, 05:55:09 PM

Title: Cuba 2016
Post by: Andygod on February 16, 2016, 05:55:09 PM

Just got back from Cuba last week.  I only went out birding one day and the weather was not very co-operative, off and on rain all morning.  I was still very happy with the variety of birds I saw, I wish I could have taken more pictures, but I was very worried about getting my camera too wet.

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Striped Tanager (Western Spindalis)
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Striped Tanager (Western Spindalis)

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Yellow Crowned Night Heron

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Juvenile Night Heron

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Little Blue Heron

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Green Heron

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Green Emerald

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Cuban Tody

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Cuban Pygmy Owl

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Cuban Lizard Cukoo

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Cuban Green Woodpecker

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Black-necked Stilt

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I know this is not a bird, but it does fly similar to a bird, unfortunately I do not know what kind of bat it is.
I am going to guess it is a Cuban Cave Bat

Title: Re: Cuba 2016
Post by: Dinusaur on February 16, 2016, 07:35:57 PM

Lovely set and all this in a day.

Title: Re: Cuba 2016
Post by: winz on February 16, 2016, 07:49:34 PM

Very nice set.. quite a few endemics in one day..
I am planning on going to Cuba next year, hopefully there won't be a huge influx of visitors with the proposed increase in flights from the US.

Title: Re: Cuba 2016
Post by: nkwali on February 17, 2016, 09:51:19 AM

Great set. Love the owl shots.

Title: Re: Cuba 2016
Post by: Andygod on February 17, 2016, 11:43:02 AM

I never expected to see any owls, but when my wife told our guide how I had a collection of owl pictures he said he thought he could find one.  Then he actually went and found a pair.
The Emerald hummingbird was right outside the room at our resort, the last time we visited I took a hummingbird feeder and left it there with some nectar mix.  The housekeeper we had has been filling it up, so this time I took another feeder and some more syrup mix.

Title: Re: Cuba 2016
Post by: Rotarran on February 17, 2016, 12:26:46 PM

Lovely shots.  Where in Cuba did you stay?

Title: Re: Cuba 2016
Post by: Andygod on February 18, 2016, 07:59:50 PM

The last 3 times we have stayed at the Memories Holguin Beach Resort, it used to be a Riu until Memories bought it at the end of 2014. Most of the birds we saw off the resort were between Guardalavaca and Banes.

Title: Re: Cuba 2016
Post by: gary yankech on February 22, 2016, 09:56:10 AM

great series....