BirdsCaribbean is excited to finally announce all of our Global Big Day 2021 photography winners and share some of the many awesome photos that were taken on Global Big Day! We already reported on the team and individual stats and awards – click here if you missed the results from our record-breaking day!
Thanks to everyone that participated, especially our team leaders and generous donors, Global Big Day 2021 was a huge success. We had a record number of teams participating (15). And thanks to a game-changing challenge grant from a member of the President’s Perch team, we were able to raised close to $20,000 for our new Caribean Motus Collaboration – so amazing! Congrats to all the winners – enjoy the photos and gallery below!!!
PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
Best Bird Photo: Rafy Rodriguez – Puerto Rican Tody
![Puerto-Rican-Tody-Rafy-Rodriguez](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Puerto-Rican-Tody-Rafy-Rodriguez-900x900.jpeg)
Second Best Bird Photo: Roberto Jovel — Cuban Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cuba
![Cuban Sharp-shinned-Hawk, Gavilancito](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Cuban-Sharp-shinned-Hawk-Gavilancito-Roberto-Jovel-crop-681x900.jpg)
Third Best Bird Photo: Jerome Foster — Little Blue Heron, immature (molting), St. Lucia
![Little-Blue-Heron-Immature-molting-Jerome-Foster](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Little-Blue-Heron-Immature-molting-Jerome-Foster-900x600.jpg)
Best Shorebird: Julian Moore — Ruddy Turnstone, Barbados
![](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Ruddy-Turnstone-Julian-Moore-900x600.jpg)
Youngest GBDer: (1) Joanne Gaymes – Maeson Gaymes in St. Vincent; (2) Anneke Mace – Holly Mace birding in New Zealand
![](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Maeson-using-a-pair-of-binoculars-St-Vincent-JoanneGlenroy-Gaymes-900x675.jpeg)
![Holly-Mace-New-Zealand-Anneke-Mace](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Holly-Mace-New-Zealand-Anneke-Mace-675x900.jpeg)
Best Smiles: Andrew Dobson and teammates Patricia Zurita and Katrina-Dobson – UK
![Andrew-Dobson, Patricia-Zurita-Katrina-Dobson](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Andrew-Dobson-Patricia-Zurita-Katrina-Dobson-900x675.jpg)
Best Selfie: Maikel Cañizares – The Bee Hummers Cuban Dream team, Cuba
![](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bee-Hummers-Cuba-members-900x506.jpg)
Most Beautiful Landscape: Rafy Rodriguez
![Puerto Rico wetlands](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/LandScape2-Rafy-Rodriguez-450x450.jpeg)
Urban Birds: Jerome Foster – Gray Kingbird on nest, St. Lucia
![Gray-Kingbird-on-nest-Jerome-Foster](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Gray-Kingbird-on-nest-Jerome-Foster-900x600.jpg)
Life in the Wild: (1) Jerome Foster – American Kestrels mating, St. Lucia; (2) John Kricher – Mute Swan parent banishing Canada Goose; (3) Joanne Gaymes – Black-faced Grassquit female collecting nesting material, St. Vincent
![](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/American-Kestrels-mating-Jerome-Foster-900x600.jpg)
![](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Mute-Swan-parent-banishing-Canada-Goose-John-Kricher-900x600.jpg)
![](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Black-faced-Grassquit-female-collecting-nesting-materials-St-Vincent-JoanneGlenroy-Gaymes-900x675.jpeg)
Sweetest Fluffiest Birds: (1) John Kricher – Mute Swan cygnets; (2) Rafy Rodriguez – Green Heron immature
![](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Mute-Swan-cygnets-John-Kricher-900x600.jpg)
![](https://www.birdscaribbean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Green-Heron-immature-Rafy-Rodriguez-900x900.jpeg)
Enjoy this gallery of bird, people and scenery photos taken on Global Big Day by various team members in the Caribbean, US, UK, Costa Rica, Panama, Netherlands, and more!
Adrian Cobas birding in Cuba
Yellow Warbler (golden) in Barbados (Julian-Moore)
Grassland Yellow Finches in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Red-billed Streamertail – endemic in Jamaica. (Photo by Claude Fletcher)
Orange-winged Parrot in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Antillean Mango in Puerto Rico (Rafy-Rodriguez)
Cattle Egret portrait, St. Lucia (Jerome-Foster)
Lesser Yellowlegs in Puerto Rico (Rafy Rodriguez)
Parrots in flight, Panama-(Beny Wilson)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (John Kricher)
Lisa and Mike Sorenson birding in Massachusetts on Global Bird Day
Inquisitive Marsh Wren (John Kricher)
Phyllis Pollack’s son and grandson at Berkeley Marina (Phyllis-Pollack)
Pied-billed Grebe submerged in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Painted Bunting, Darien, Georgia (Joe Wunderle)
Lauwersmeer National-Park, Netherlands (Pedro Lourenco)
Gray Kingbirds (Petcharies) – the 4 sentinels (Wendy Lee)
Mallard/Black Duck Hybrid (John Kricher)
Submerged Pied-billed Grebe in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Long-billed Dowitcher in Barbados (Julian-Moore)
American Coot on nest in Barbados (Julian-Moore)
Wadden Sea-Netherlands (Pedro Lourenco)
Snail Kite perched in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Greater Antillean Grackle in Puerto Rico (Rafy-Rodriguez)
Yellow-Crowed Night-Heron in flight (Jerome Foster)
Laughing Gulls and Maeson Gaymes in St Vincent (Joanne Gaymes)
Spotted Sandpiper in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Yellow Warbler- in Antigua (Xavier-Roberts)
Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Jerome Foster)
Long-billed Dowitcher in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Alligator – Altamaha Wildlife Management Area, Georgia (Joe Wunderle)
Chuck Wills Widow – migrant in Costa-Rica (Holly Garrod)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron juvenile in Canash, St. Vincent (Joanne Gaymes)
Dunlins and Black-bellied Plovers (John Kricher)
Jamaican Becard with insect prey (Claude Fletcher)
White-crowned Pigeon in Antigua (Xavier-Roberts)
Glenroy Gaymes birding with son Maeson in the St Vincent Botanical Gardens (Joanne Gaymes)
Zenaida Dove in St Lucia (Jerome Foster)
Caribbean Martins in Barbados (Julian-Moore)
Harlequin Ducks (Mark-Oberle)
Wild Turkey Jaywalking on Plum-Island, Massachusetts (Lisa-Sorenson)
Barbados Bullfinch, endemic to Barbados. (Photo by Julian Moore)
Jeff Gerbracht selfie, yes, it’s snowing again for GBD in Ithaca, NY.
Eastern Phoebe (John Kricher)
Returning Bobolinks (John Kricher)
Scaly-naped Pigeon in St. Lucia (Jerome Foster)
Beny Wilson with GBD birding group, including Rick Morales and Ivan Skildsen (Minister of Tourism) in Panama (Beny Wilson)
Scenic Tractor Landscape in Puerto Rico (Rafy Rodriguez)
Tropical Mockingbird in a downpour, Trinidad (Mark Hulme)
Jamaican Woodpecker (Claude Fletcher)
Dickcissel, seen on Road from Hagerman (John Thomlinson)
Gorgeted Woodstar in Venezuela (Josmar-Esteban Marquez)
Purple Martin nest with chicks. (John Kricher)
Laughing Gull, St. Simon Island, Georgia (Joe Wunderle)
American Kestrels with lizard prey (Jerome-Foster)
Spectacled Thrush in St. Lucia (Jerome Foster)
Killdeer in Antigua (Xavier Roberts)
Jamaican Becard nest, reused every year (Wendy Lee)
Double-crested and Neotropic Cormorants, Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (John Thomlinson)
Semi-palmated Plovers in St. Vincent (Joanne Gaymes)
Little Egret in Dominica (Niels Larsen)
Birders with Beny Wilson at Panama Rainforest Discovery Center (Beny Wilson)
Holly Garrod and Josh-Covill, birding in Costa Rica, winners of most birds seen for GBD 2021!
Glaucous-winged Gull (Mark Oberle)
Wild Turkeys being wild turkeys (John Kricher)
Kiskidee in Trinidad (Mark Hulme)
Jamaican Becard (Wendy Lee)
Spring birding at hotspot, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, MA, (Lisa Sorenson)
Greater Yellowlegs (Niels Larsen)