Birded during citizen science Earthwatch trip, then hired private guide and car for the swamp.Thanks MR. Zapata Rail scheduled for day one. Did you hire a car while you were there? Any advice?
That’s why you use an intermediate agency for the car hire. Mine was German. Details are in my report on cloudbirders.The car totally depends on who you hire as a guide. Cuba is a country hungry for dollars and everyone has a network for acquiring anything you want. The real issue for most Cubans is fuel. State run businesses associated with tourism receive special allocations of petrol. Private owners often have to stand in line for hours. But discuss with guide beforehand and they’ll tell you what’s available.
Of course if you go through car rental agency, then it’s on them. My guess is car rental agencies are state owned or associated? If so, technically off-limits to US citizens :-(
I assume this doesn't mean the rail, though, right?Seen all endemics, but Cuban Parakeet was the hardest (only distant fly-by views). All obs. on eBird, with most pins placed at exact location. Hope this helps.
The one we nearly missed was Gundlach’s hawk . Only got it when driving back to Havana on our last birding day.(I think people tend to have problems with Zapata wren and Cuban solitaire)
Oh yes that's another one. The Havana botanic gardens are good for this dubious endemic (=Cooper's Hawk) now.The one we nearly missed was Gundlach’s hawk . Only got it when driving back to Havana on our last birding day.