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