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Birding Cuba, or Observación de aves en Cuba

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I just returned from a glorious birding trip all over Cuba, so I am just going to ignore the pile of spring bird books on my dining room table (most of which arrived while I was gone), and write a bit about my favorite Cuban birds. Of course, it’s the colorful and tiny birds that get the most attention when one thinks of Cuba.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Cuba is on my mind. birders have been able to visit Cuba as part of survey groups and cultural exchanges for years, but those trips have been few in number and not always easy to find. and Cuba.). The full name of this unique volume is Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Comprehensive Guide Including West Indian Endemics Living in Cuba.

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Enjoy Innovative Electronic Music = Help Endangered Birds

10,000 Birds

However, even if songs of the avian kind are more your musical thing, you will still find them in ten innovative, unique tracks that pay homage to endangered birds from Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba, and seven other countries.

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Famous Flamingos

10,000 Birds

” Since Jorge is from Cuba, where these birds are relatively common, we all believed him. (After birding and passing through a large number of habitats, our total for the day was 109 species.) So there we were, taking in this spectacle, when suddenly birding buddy #3 called out “ Flamingos! Flamingos !”

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What typa real life Pokémon is this?

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I was travelling in Cuba and stumbled upon this little guy, never seen a lizard like this before, anyone know the type or has a NEW SPECIES BEEN UNEARTHED!? ? submitted by /u/Crixus_Da_Gaul [link] [comments]

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Some of America?s Avian Treasures

10,000 Birds

These colorful songbirds occur in two populations, a western one which winters in Mexico and Central America and an eastern one which winters in South Florida and Cuba. Only in their second fall do the males achieve their spectacular plumage. In winter, they occur in rank thickets and woodland edges where they feed mostly on seeds.

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A Most Unexpected Encounter

10,000 Birds

Fortunately, two species of Mergansers sometimes stray to Cuba, and so my friend suggested, correctly, that ours was a female Hooded Merganser. Having seen them in Europe, I knew it was a Merganser. But which one? You see, North American Mergansers do not normally reach central Mexico, and I had never seen any.

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