The first bird photograph of the trip was of a Brown Pelican
flying over Embalse (Reservoir) Nina Bonita, Artemisa Province, Cuba
March 17, 2016

Brown Pelican
Nina Bonita Reservoir
Artemisa Province, Cuba

Brown Pelican
Nina Bonita Reservoir
Artemisa Province, Cuba

Least Grebe
Nina Bonita Reservoir
Artemisa Province, Cuba

Green Heron
Nina Bonita Reservoir
Artemisa Province, Cuba

Palm Warbler
Nina Bonita Reservoir
Artemisa Province, Cuba

Palm Warbler

Cattle Egret
Nina Bonita Reservoir
Artemisa Province, Cuba

Yellow-throated Warbler
Nina Bonita Reservoir
Artemisa Province, Cuba
March 17, 2016

Yellow-throated Warbler
Nina Bonita Reservoir
Artemisa Province, Cuba

Yellow-throated Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler with a caterpillar
Nina Bonita Reservoir
Artemisa Province, Cuba

Northern Mockingbird

Gray Kingbird
at a pig farm near Las Terrazzas, Candelaria, Artemisa Province, Cuba
Las Terrazzas is a small community and nature preserve in the Sierra del Rosario mountains and designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1984.

Turkey Vulture
at the pig farm

Yellow-faced Grassquit
at a pig farm near Candelaria, Artemisa Province, Cuba
March 17, 2016

Cuban Blackbird,
pig farm near Candelaria, Artemisa Province, Cuba

West Indian Woodpecker
pig farm, Candelaria, Artemisa Province, Cuba

Male and female Yellow-faced Grassquits
eating seeds on a wall at the pig farm near Candelaria, Cuba
March 17, 2016

Female and male Cuban Grassquit
pig farm near Candelaria, Cuba

Female and male Cuban Grassquits

Yellow-faced and Cuban Grassquits
near Candelaria, Cuba

Yellow-faced and Cuban Grassquits

Yellow-faced and Cuban Grassquits

Yellow-faced and Cuban Grassquits

Yellow-faced and Cuban Grassquits

Tawny-shouldered Blackbird
pig farm near Candelaria, Artemisa Province, Cuba
March 17, 2016

Tawny-shouldered Blackbird
pig farm near Candelaria, Artemisa Province, Cuba
March 17, 2016

Male Cuban Green Woodpecker
displaying for a female nearby
pig farm near Candelaria, Artemisa Province, Cuba

Cuban Green Woodpeckers
Male and female (behind the branch)
near Candelaria, Cuba

Male Cuban Green Woodpecker

Cuban Green Woodpeckers

Black-whiskered Vireo
near Candelaria, Cuba

Common Ground Dove

Cuban (Black-cowled) Oriole
as we were heading back to the bus from the pig farm
near Candelaria, Artemisa Province, Cuba

Cuban Oriole

We drove into San Diego de los Banos, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba,
had lunch at our hotel, then went to Parque La Guira.

Great Lizard Cuckoo
Parque La Guira
San Diego de los Banos, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba
Thursday afternoon, March 17, 2016

Tail feathers of the Great Lizard Cuckoo
San Diego de los Banos, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Great Lizard Cuckoo

Great Lizard Cuckoo

Great Lizard Cuckoo with a small caterpillar
San Diego de los Banos, Cuba

Cuban Trogon

Cuban Trogon

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
San Diego de los Banos, Cuba

Loggerhead Kingbird
La Guira Park, San Diego de los Banos, Cuba

Loggerhead Kingbird
La Guira Park, San Diego de los Banos, Cuba

Loggerhead Kingbird
La Guira Park, San Diego de los Banos, Cuba

A pair of the Loggerhead Kingbirds
La Guira Park, San Diego de los Banos, Cuba

Red-legged Thrush

Cuban Emerald Hummingbird

Cuban Emerald Hummingbird

Cuban Emerald Hummingbird

Cuban Emerald Hummingbird

Cuban Emerald Hummingbird

Cuban Emerald Hummingbird

Jackfruit on the Jack Tree
La Guira Park, San Diego de los Banos, Cuba

Jackfruit

Royal Palm

Mimosa-like flower
Shaving Brush Tree (Pseudobombax ellipticum)
La Guira Park, Cuba

Mimosa-like flower
La Guira Park, Cuba

Mimosa-like flower
La Guira Park, Cuba

Mimosa-like flower
La Guira Park, Cuba

Mimosa-like flower
La Guira Park, Cuba

Cuban Pewee
La Guira Park, Cuba

Black-whiskered Vireo
La Guira Park, Cuba

Black-whiskered Vireo
La Guira Park, Cuba

Cape May Warbler
La Guira Park, Cuba

Cape May Warbler
La Guira Park, Cuba

Black-whiskered Vireo
La Guira Park

Black-whiskered Vireo

Black-whiskered Vireo

La Sagra's Flycatcher

La Sagra's Flycatcher

La Sagra's Flycatcher

Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Yellow-throated Warbler

Some of the grounds at La Guira Park
San Diego de los Banos, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Little Blue Heron

La Guira Park, Cuba

Green Heron

Green Heron

Green Heron

Description of some of the property of Hacienda Cortina
La Guira Park had been the property of a wealthy landowner before the revolution.

Makeshift sign near the entrance to La Guira Park
"Fire, logging and hunting prohibited"