Mountain in the area of Cueva de los Portales, our Friday morning destination
March 18, 2016

Wildflowers
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

A pair of Giant Kingbirds in the early morning light
Cueva de los Portales, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba
Friday morning, March 18, 2016

Cuban Solitaire
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Cuban Solitaire

Cuban Solitaire

Giant Kingbird singing
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Giant Kingbird

Cuban Pygmy Owl
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Cuban Pygmy Owl with 'eyes' in the back of its head
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Cuban Pygmy Owl being harassed by a Red-legged Thrush
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Cuban Pygmy Owl and Red-legged Thrush
Cueva de los Portales

Cuban Pygmy Owl
Cueva de las Portales, Cuba

Cuban Pygmy Owl
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Cuban Pygmy Owl
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Cuban Pygmy Owl
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

The Cuban Pygmy Owl fled the harassing thrush to a stand of bamboo.
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Cuban Pygmy Owl
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Cuban Pygmy Owl
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Cuban Trogon
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Cuban Trogon
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Great Lizard Cuckoo
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba
March 18, 2016

Great Lizard Cuckoo
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba
March 18, 2016

Cave Swallow in the roof of the cave
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Cave Swallows

Scaly-naped Pigeon outside the cave
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Scaly-naped Pigeon

Olive-capped Warbler
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

Olive-capped Warbler
Cueva de los Portales, Cuba

We stopped by a series on fish ponds and saw several species of wading birds.

Little Blue Heron

Smooth-billed Ani
Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Mourning Dove

Limpkin
at the edge of Embalse La Coronela, Caimito, Artemisa Province, Cuba

Snail Kite over La Coronela Reservoir
Caimito, Artemisa Province, Cuba

Snail Kite roosting on a post in La Coronela Reservoir
Caimito, Artemisa Province, Cuba
Friday, March 18, 2016

Cuban Crow
At the end of the day, we arrived at Playa Larga Hotel and found several birds on the grounds.

Cuban Crow
Playa Larga Hotel, Zapata Peninsula, Cuba
March 18, 2016

Cuban Crow

Cape May Warbler
Playa Larga, Cuba

Cape May Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Cuban Trogon
on the grounds of the Playa Larga Hotel, Matanzas Province, Cuba

Cuban Trogon

Cuban Trogon

Northern Flicker
Playa Larga Hotel, Cuba

Northern Flicker

Northern Flicker

Domestic fowl

Male Cuban Oriole
Playa Larga Hotel, Cuba

Cuban Oriole
Playa Larga Hotel

Female Cuban Oriole
Playa Larga Hotel, Cuba

Cuban Parrots
Playa Larga Hotel, Cuba

Cuban Parrots
They flew into the treetops above us near our bungalow at Playa Larga Hotel, Cuba.
March 18, 2016

Cuban Parrots

Cuban Parrots

Cuban Parrot
Playa Larga Hotel, Cuba