Bee Hummingbirds of Cuba! (1 Viewer)

ALI123XYZ

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• Nov 21, 2013

• #1

Little known facts about the smallest bird on planet. This tiny cutie is on my wish list |=)|

http://www.thetoptenz.net/bee-hummingbird/

 

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jimforjim

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• Nov 26, 2013

• #2

Definitely has to be up there on the wish list - though for now those of us from the U.S. can't legally visit Cuba to see it (yes, really!). Thanks for putting this up.

 

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sarahbn

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• Dec 6, 2013

• #3

jimforjim said:

Definitely has to be up there on the wish list - though for now those of us from the U.S. can't legally visit Cuba to see it (yes, really!). Thanks for putting this up.

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We can visit Cuba I went in April 2011 legally and yes the little bee hummingbird is even more charming in person

 

ovenbird43

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• Dec 6, 2013

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sarahbn said:

We can visit Cuba I went in April 2011 legally and yes the little bee hummingbird is even more charming in person

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Legally though? My understanding (which I admit could be wrong) is that US citizens can fly to Cuba via other countries relatively easily and with little chance of reprimand, but that strictly speaking this isn't legal. If there truly are legal ways to visit Cuba as a tourist, I'm very interested in learning (because I'm very interested in going!).

 

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jimforjim

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• Dec 7, 2013

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Well, it turns out the truth is somewhere in the middle when it comes to the legality of U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba. This makes for interesting reading: http://wikitravel.org/en/Americans_in_Cuba. Personally, I think the laws regarding this are absolutely outdated and ridiculous, and I'd travel there in a heartbeat in total disregard for those laws. It's just that there are so many places with many more hummingbirds that my wife and I haven't made it there yet.

 

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sarahbn

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• Feb 1, 2014

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I saw an ad in the classified section of "Winging It" the ABA newsletter about a birding trip to Cuba. I asked what the chances were of seeing the Bee hummingbird. They said they were excellent So I went. and saw him and I think there might have been a female nearby too.

When I saw him I almost had a heart attack He was so beautiful! But the big bully cuban emerald chased him away.