We chose Grand Cayman as a good location to lay low and recharge after a very busy field season with our business. Our intention was to snorkel, go for walks and learn about our cameras. Since we decided not to take our underwater housings, all of our photos are on land. We discovered that Grand Cayman is an amazing spot if you are interested in birds.
We stayed at the Morritt’s Grand Resort on the east end which is the quieter end of Grand Cayman. Our unit was beautiful, roomy & functional with a full kitchen.
A few more photos of the resort:
Most days we enjoyed beautiful sunrises & sunsets
We had daily visits from a very nosy Greater Antillean Grackle 🙂
The number and variety of birds we were able to photograph was incredible. Although we are not bird experts we took the time to look these up and we believe they are all correctly named. Here are the types of birds we saw:
Smooth-Billed Ani
Bananquit
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Little Blue Heron
Yellow Crowned Night Heron
American Bittern
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Cuban Bull Finch
Giant Kingbird
West Indian Woodpecker after a heavy downpour
Ruddy Turnstone
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Mockingbird
Cayman Parrots (our favourite!)
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