They call him The Bananaquit and he is worthy of the wonderful name. A tanager, bananaquits are in the same family as Darwin’s Finches. (Coereba flaveola, Great Inagua Island.)
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Greater Yellowlegs at dawn.
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Great Inagua hosts 80,000 flamingoes and 900 humans. It has no traditional tourist infrastructure. 50 miles from Cuba, the island is full of unseen wonders.
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Two Burrowing Owls thrive in a birding paradise called Great Inagua. #Inagua #GreatInagua #islands #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #nature #birdoftheday #naturephotography #birdphotos #photography #birdphotography #owl #nature #photo

When wild, free flamingos land, they do a darling skipping kick right before hitting the water. #Inagua #GreatInagua #islands #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #nature #birdoftheday #naturephotography #birdphotos #photography #birdphotography #flamingo

The Inagua Woodstar is a hummingbird endemic to Great Inagua, the southernmost island of the Bahamas, a stunning and remote paradise with only 900 people (and 80,000 flamingos.) #Inagua #GreatInagua #islands #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #nature #birdoftheday #naturephotography #birdphotos #photography #birdphotograph #woodstar #hummingbird

Reddish Egret hunts in a strongish wind. #Inagua #GreatInagua #islands #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #nature #birdoftheday #naturephotography #birdphotos #photography #birdphotograph #egret

The stunning Reddish Egret is North America’s "rarest and least studied ardeid [heron].”
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Strikingly handsome Osprey fish-hunts from a dead branch, fierce talons ready for action. #Inagua #GreatInagua #islands #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #nature #birdoftheday #naturephotography #birdphotos #photography #birdphotograph #osprey

Cuban Rose-throated Parrot in the wild looks mildly amused. On Great Inagua Island (55 miles from Cuba.) #Inagua #GreatInagua #islands #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #nature #birdoftheday #naturephotography #birdphotos #photography #birdphotograph #parrot