Still 12 March 2017 on the islands north of Cuba. After we had seen the flamingos, tricoloured heron and Ernest Hemingway sculptures, there were still these two white ibises and this great egret along the mangrove coast.
And red knots. Short-billed dowitchers. Lesser yellowlegs.
And a reddish egret.
On a shrub, this palm warbler.
We continued to a lake, where there scores of black-necked stilts; and freshwater turtles as well. I think they were Cuban sliders; an endemic species of Cuba.
Greater yellowlegs were also present.
Besides black-necked stilts, and a common gallinule, there were also various duck species; like blue-winged teal.
And shoveler ducks, both males and females.
Stay tuned, as there were not only birds in Cuba on 12 March, but on 13 March and after as well!
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