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
Submerged Pied-billed Grebe in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Yellow Warbler (golden) in Barbados (Julian-Moore)
Dunlins and Black-bellied Plovers (John Kricher)
Jamaican Becard nest, reused every year (Wendy Lee)
Caribbean Martins in Barbados (Julian-Moore)
Returning Bobolinks (John Kricher)
Glaucous-winged Gull (Mark Oberle)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (John Kricher)
Red-billed Streamertail – endemic in Jamaica. (Photo by Claude Fletcher)
American Coot on nest in Barbados (Julian-Moore)
Spring birding at hotspot, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, MA, (Lisa Sorenson)
Tropical Mockingbird in a downpour, Trinidad (Mark Hulme)
Jamaican Becard (Wendy Lee)
Chuck Wills Widow – migrant in Costa-Rica (Holly Garrod)
Parrots in flight, Panama-(Beny Wilson)
American Kestrels with lizard prey (Jerome-Foster)
Barbados Bullfinch, endemic to Barbados. (Photo by Julian Moore)
Cattle Egret portrait, St. Lucia (Jerome-Foster)
Lauwersmeer National-Park, Netherlands (Pedro Lourenco)
Laughing Gull, St. Simon Island, Georgia (Joe Wunderle)
Zenaida Dove in St Lucia (Jerome Foster)
Laughing Gulls and Maeson Gaymes in St Vincent (Joanne Gaymes)
Greater Yellowlegs (Niels Larsen)
Gorgeted Woodstar in Venezuela (Josmar-Esteban Marquez)
Holly Garrod and Josh-Covill, birding in Costa Rica, winners of most birds seen for GBD 2021!
Killdeer in Antigua (Xavier Roberts)
Spectacled Thrush in St. Lucia (Jerome Foster)
Dickcissel, seen on Road from Hagerman (John Thomlinson)
Grassland Yellow Finches in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Beny Wilson with GBD birding group, including Rick Morales and Ivan Skildsen (Minister of Tourism) in Panama (Beny Wilson)
Orange-winged Parrot in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Semi-palmated Plovers in St. Vincent (Joanne Gaymes)
Lisa and Mike Sorenson birding in Massachusetts on Global Bird Day
Pied-billed Grebe submerged in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Lesser Yellowlegs in Puerto Rico (Rafy Rodriguez)
Snail Kite perched in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Kiskidee in Trinidad (Mark Hulme)
Jeff Gerbracht selfie, yes, it’s snowing again for GBD in Ithaca, NY.
Spotted Sandpiper in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Jamaican Woodpecker (Claude Fletcher)
Yellow-Crowed Night-Heron in flight (Jerome Foster)
Wild Turkey Jaywalking on Plum-Island, Massachusetts (Lisa-Sorenson)
Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Jerome Foster)
Greater Antillean Grackle in Puerto Rico (Rafy-Rodriguez)
Harlequin Ducks (Mark-Oberle)
Mallard/Black Duck Hybrid (John Kricher)
Scaly-naped Pigeon in St. Lucia (Jerome Foster)
Antillean Mango in Puerto Rico (Rafy-Rodriguez)
Wadden Sea-Netherlands (Pedro Lourenco)
Alligator – Altamaha Wildlife Management Area, Georgia (Joe Wunderle)
Phyllis Pollack’s son and grandson at Berkeley Marina (Phyllis-Pollack)
Eastern Phoebe (John Kricher)
Scenic Tractor Landscape in Puerto Rico (Rafy Rodriguez)
White-crowned Pigeon in Antigua (Xavier-Roberts)
Inquisitive Marsh Wren (John Kricher)
Long-billed Dowitcher in Barbados (Julian-Moore)
Yellow Warbler- in Antigua (Xavier-Roberts)
Gray Kingbirds (Petcharies) – the 4 sentinels (Wendy Lee)
Double-crested and Neotropic Cormorants, Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (John Thomlinson)
Jamaican Becard with insect prey (Claude Fletcher)
Birders with Beny Wilson at Panama Rainforest Discovery Center (Beny Wilson)
Painted Bunting, Darien, Georgia (Joe Wunderle)
Wild Turkeys being wild turkeys (John Kricher)
Purple Martin nest with chicks. (John Kricher)
Long-billed Dowitcher in Barbados (Julian Moore)
Glenroy Gaymes birding with son Maeson in the St Vincent Botanical Gardens (Joanne Gaymes)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron juvenile in Canash, St. Vincent (Joanne Gaymes)
Little Egret in Dominica (Niels Larsen)