But what did this bird think that I was not going to see it in that open field ("descampado", as we say here in Cuba too)!
In that moment, I had to see what magic I could do to get the picture, because now I have to focus manually. And look... it's not easy. Of course, the focus is not correct, or ‘no está clavao’ as we say here in Cuba 😁. Not even the alignment, around 6 pm, of planets, constellations and medieval markets made it possible for myself to get it right, so don't even dare to zoom in on the photo.
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But this name ‘cagaleche’ is one of the Cuban nicknames for this bird. I just saw it here on a recognition search, I couldn't look in the back, you know....
the other photo I got of the aforementioned, you know what, is this one and it was behaving well. He was tiptoeing around on his toes I think thinking I wasn't looking at it...haha... Look what a colourful outfit my model is wearing, blue, green, yellow and... 🤔 earthy colour? I think this is a trend in this year's spring summer fashion. This is the nesting season. I read in a publication of our botanical garden that it is between March and August.It doesn't matter, if we do go on the odd outing we have to be well-dressed. 😁
This bird, whose scientific name is Butorides virescens, is also known as the Green Heron.Another name it is known by here in Cuba is aguaitacaimán.
My camera was out of battery and with the little problem that I don't seem to see well, I took these photos.
These were not going to go anywhere... but the camera was going to shut down. So nothing... don't zoom in here either.
They are water hyacinths, aren't they? oh, how beautiful these flowers are. A plant native to the Amazon that found no resistance to stay floating in any ‘calm’ water on this planet where the temperature ranges between 15 and 30 degrees Celsius.
In some countries hyacinths are considered a threat because they form obstacles to water flow, affecting transport and local livelihoods, reducing water quality, creating disease-carrying vectors and killing native aquatic life.
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From this point on I had only one option left, the AKASO action camera. And of course I didn't return home... suddenly I was unblocked, figure it out, I had eaten some very tasty snacks that I had in my tote bag, they were a visual temptation.
Like this plant that in the place where I found it was... out of place and it was unique. But nature is amazing, isn't it?
And this one is the aura tiñosa (Cathartes aura) native to southern Canada, which let me get quite close before it flew away.
I don't know if I'll be in time for our host 
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