On Friday, March 25, 2016, we left La Granjita at Santa Clara for Havana. We stopped first at Los Caneyes (resort name referring to aboriginal inhabitants) where Yuri directed us to the Gundlach's Hawk, the last priority bird on our list.
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Bananas at La Granjita Hotel, Santa Clara, Cuba
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Northern Mockingbird
feeding young birds at the nest
La Granjita Hotel, Santa Clara, Cuba
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Baby Northern Mockingbirds
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Cuban Blackbird
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Merlin at Hotel Los Caneyes
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Gundlach's Hawk juvenile
on the grounds at Hotel Los Caneyes
notice the long tail behind the tree
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Gundlach's Hawk
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Casuarina Trees at Hotel Los Caneyes
where the Gundlach's Hawk was found
Also known as Australian Ironwood Tree
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Flowering tree
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Bungalows in the traditional housing design
at Hotel Los Caneyes
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Flowers dropped from a tree
at the zoo at Finca Fiesta Campesina
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Flowering bush
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Yellow-throated Warbler male
at Finca Fiesta Campesina