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![We'll begin with a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Havana and immediately board our bus...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F3943%2F33882410232_032f37c8cc_b.jpg?)
We’ll begin with a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Havana and immediately board our bus…
![...for our hotel in Las Terrazas about an hour away.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4745%2F39429427054_e665e8d8b9_o.jpg?)
…for our hotel in Las Terrazas about an hour away.
![There will be birds on our hotel grounds, probably including Red-legged Thrush...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4653%2F28306051179_71c8962069_o.jpg?)
There will be birds on our hotel grounds, probably including Red-legged Thrush…
![...West Indian Woodpecker...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4607%2F40086860831_2ba15b7ff4_o.jpg?)
…West Indian Woodpecker…
![...perhaps our first endemic, Cuban Pewee...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4710%2F28306049599_ab70c0ebb9_o.jpg?)
…perhaps our first endemic, Cuban Pewee…
![...and maybe a wintering North American warbler or two possibly including Cape May.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5688%2F30857267481_b114b3532d_b.jpg?)
…and maybe a wintering North American warbler or two possibly including Cape May.
![After dinner we'll venture out in hopes of finding Bare-legged Owl.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F2888%2F33164018343_129313c6c5_b.jpg?)
After dinner we’ll venture out in hopes of finding Bare-legged Owl.
![On our first full day we'll see a number of endemics probably including Cuban Grassquit, here surrounded by lots of Yellow-faced Grassquits...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F2895%2F33847230821_383fd23628_b.jpg?)
On our first full day we’ll see a number of endemics probably including Cuban Grassquit, here surrounded by lots of Yellow-faced Grassquits…
![...Cuban Trogon, Cuba's National Bird...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4673%2F28306050679_a881ef32db_o.jpg?)
…Cuban Trogon, Cuba’s National Bird…
![and with luck the endemic (and threatened) Fernandina's Flicker, a species that walks, not hops, on the ground.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4652%2F28306050559_fbab4220d7_o.jpg?)
and with luck the endemic (and threatened) Fernandina’s Flicker, a species that walks, not hops, on the ground.
![We'll visit La Guira National Park...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4754%2F25214741217_1e2ca6c216_o.jpg?)
We’ll visit La Guira National Park…
![...where Che’s Guevara hid during the Cuban revolution.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4750%2F28306050999_75da258a37_o.jpg?)
…where Che’s Guevara hid during the Cuban revolution.
![Among the karst cliffs near Che's cave, we should hear the etherial song of the Cuban Solitaire...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4607%2F28306050819_b72ffcf28f_o.jpg?)
Among the karst cliffs near Che’s cave, we should hear the etherial song of the Cuban Solitaire…
![...and might encounter the charming Cuban Vireo.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F3727%2F33164022673_414f8d70d2_b.jpg?)
…and might encounter the charming Cuban Vireo.
![Our next stop will be Zapata Swamp...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4615%2F40086861991_8fcdf81326_o.jpg?)
Our next stop will be Zapata Swamp…
![...where we'll take to narrow canoes poled by local watermen...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F2862%2F33998961876_d8b714507a_b.jpg?)
…where we’ll take to narrow canoes poled by local watermen…
![...to look in particular for the vocally very distinctive Zapata Wren.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F2899%2F33164019413_c4a6e92973_b.jpg?)
…to look in particular for the vocally very distinctive Zapata Wren.
![In a forest not far from the swamp, we're likely to see the stunning and endemic Gray-fronted and Blue-headed Quail-Doves...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4627%2F40086861611_15b6027dca_o.jpg?)
In a forest not far from the swamp, we’re likely to see the stunning and endemic Gray-fronted and Blue-headed Quail-Doves…
![...and sometime we find a roosting Stygian Owl...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F2830%2F33164020433_67c09f05d3_b.jpg?)
…and sometime we find a roosting Stygian Owl…
![...or Cuban Parrots feeding on tree fruits.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4608%2F28306050299_f55a9c316e_o.jpg?)
…or Cuban Parrots feeding on tree fruits.
![In the same region, a local backyard attracts the minute Bee Hummingbird and...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F2812%2F33977047575_78728c5e40_b.jpg?)
In the same region, a local backyard attracts the minute Bee Hummingbird and…
![...lots of Cuban Emeralds.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4715%2F25214741367_c10d0495d6_o.jpg?)
…lots of Cuban Emeralds.
![It's a long drive from the Zapata region to the north coast but as we approach we may see flocks of brilliant American Flamingos...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F3736%2F33164022253_2c6383c334_b.jpg?)
It’s a long drive from the Zapata region to the north coast but as we approach we may see flocks of brilliant American Flamingos…
![...or a perched Cuban Black Hawk.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4695%2F40086861511_dd926e03f7_o.jpg?)
…or a perched Cuban Black Hawk.
![We stay at a very comfortable beach resort with good birding just out the front gate ...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4743%2F40108583502_468abfd0bd_b.jpg?)
We stay at a very comfortable beach resort with good birding just out the front gate …
![...often including West Indian Whistling Ducks (with a Northern Shoveller in the background)...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5566%2F30643627470_ca7d6daac1_b.jpg?)
…often including West Indian Whistling Ducks (with a Northern Shoveller in the background)…
![...the charming Oriente Warbler...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F2934%2F33164018843_884413b521_b.jpg?)
…the charming Oriente Warbler…
![...and at a local feeding station, Key West Quail-Dove.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F2810%2F33164021773_221e462cbd_b.jpg?)
…and at a local feeding station, Key West Quail-Dove.
![The distinctive and very local Cuban Gnatcatcher can be found fairly easily on Cayo Coco...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4740%2F39188004515_9044790b8e_o.jpg?)
The distinctive and very local Cuban Gnatcatcher can be found fairly easily on Cayo Coco…
![...and while we're looking we should also see Zapata Sparrow, a different race from the birds we might have seen in the Zapata Swamp.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4710%2F28306049919_000116b89e_o.jpg?)
…and while we’re looking we should also see Zapata Sparrow, a different race from the birds we might have seen in the Zapata Swamp.
![Our final nights will be in Camagüey (this is the exterior of our hotel)...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4723%2F40108259022_47100ff047_o.jpg?)
Our final nights will be in Camagüey (this is the exterior of our hotel)…
![...a lovely uncrowded city where Cuban Martins perch on the top of some church spires.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4767%2F28376888319_c62ecd905e_b.jpg?)
…a lovely uncrowded city where Cuban Martins perch on the top of some church spires.
![On one day we'll travel east to La Belén, stopping to listen to the endemic Cuban subspecies of Eastern Meadowlark whose song is so different it's likely a different species...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4759%2F39188005995_9a3a9c7fe8_o.jpg?)
On one day we’ll travel east to La Belén, stopping to listen to the endemic Cuban subspecies of Eastern Meadowlark whose song is so different it’s likely a different species…
![...before continuing on to perhaps the best place on our route for Giant Kingbird.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F2918%2F33977046805_07099cefca_b.jpg?)
…before continuing on to perhaps the best place on our route for Giant Kingbird.
![On our last evening, we'll board bicycle rickshaws for a tour of the town's architectural monuments...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F2903%2F33998962406_a83d23063a_b.jpg?)
On our last evening, we’ll board bicycle rickshaws for a tour of the town’s architectural monuments…
![...passing the town square where people gather (free WiFi)...](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4720%2F25214739787_0392af9432_o.jpg?)
…passing the town square where people gather (free WiFi)…
![...and ending at a local restaurant with a Cuban band to entertains us.](/timthumb.php?w=450&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4708%2F25214740657_ec1b73b0b7_o.jpg?)
…and ending at a local restaurant with a Cuban band to entertains us.