Male Cuban Emerald Hummingbird
near Soplillar, Cuba
Sunday morning, March 20, 2016

Cuban Emerald Hummingbird

Black-throated Green Warbler
Soplillar, Cuba

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Gray Catbird

Red-shouldered Blackbird
Soplillar, Cuba

Red-shouldered Blackbird

Red-shouldered Blackbird

Red-shouldered Blackbird

Our survey group on the trail near Soplillar, Cuba

American Kestrel on a nest in the top of a dead Royal Palm
Soplillar, Cuba

American Kestrel

West Indian Woodpecker

Those eyes in the back of the head of the Cuban Pygmy Owl

Wildflower

American Kestrel

Great Lizard Cuckoo running across the ground

Great Lizard Cuckoo

Great Lizard Cuckoo

Frank knocked on the palm trunk before anyone was ready to take a picture.
The Bare-legged Owl flew up in his face and away. We saw it, but no photo (this time).

West Indian Woodpecker at a hole above the one the owl was in.

West Indian Woodpecker inspecting a nest cavity.

Broad-winged Hawk flying overhead at Soplillar, Cuba

Another West Indian Woodpecker

Male Bee Hummingbird
the world's smallest bird
Soplillar, Cuba

Cuban Trogon

Bee Hummingbird

Wildflower

Our bird survey group walking the trail near Soplillar, Cuba

Cuban Tody

Cuban Tody

Cuban Tody

Toothache tree

In the afternoon, after lunch, we went to look for the Stygian Owl.
The path we walked was this porous limestone--and we didn't find the owl.

We did find this abandoned Stygian Owl nest.

Cuban Tody

Boca de Guama Criadero de Cocodrilos, Matanzas Province, Cuba

Our next stop was the Boca de Guama Criadero de Cocodrilos (Crocodile Farm)
At a pond across the highway, we found this Cuban Oriole at a bright flower.

Purple Gallinule
in a pond across the highway from Boca de Guama Crocodile Farm
Matanzas Province, Cuba

Purple Gallinule

Purple Gallinule

Northern Jacana
Boca de Guama, Matanzas Province, Cuba

Northern Jacana
Boca de Guama, Matanzas Province, Cuba

Female Cuban Oriole

Louisiana Waterthrush
at a pond on the grounds of Boca de Guama Crocodile Farm, Cuba

Common Yellowthroat

This Flame Tree was appealing to several species of birds.

Cuban Blackbirds
in the Royal Poinciana (Flame) Tree
on the grounds of Boca de Guama Crocodile Farm, Cuba

West Indian Woodpecker

Cuban Oriole

Cuban Crocodile
previously endangered, they're now grown for their meat

Cuban Pewee

Cuban Pewee

Cuban Pewee

Cuban Blackbird

West Indian Woodpecker

Female Black-throated Blue Warbler

Female Black-throated Blue Warbler

Female Black-throated Blue Warbler

Female Black-throated Blue Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow-throated Warbler

Northern Parula