We left Florida after great visits to Cocoa Beach and Miami and headed south east to Aruba, sailing through the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti, and across a rather windy and choppy Caribbean Sea. Whilst in Aruba we visited the Bubali Bird Sanctuary, not too far from where the ship had docked in Oranjestad. Glad to report I picked up three new life birds around the sanctuary. The most impressive had to be the Venezuelan Troupial, a striking looking bird which is a member if the icteridae family. Bare-eyed Pigeon was another bird new for me as was the Brown-throated Parakeet. Unfortunately I missed out on snapping the latter, but did enjoy decent views in the bins. We enjoyed plenty of other birds whilst on the island, the majority of which were relatively common birds of the Caribbean and North America. All images taken in Aruba on the 25th January 2024
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| Venezuelan Troupial |
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| Venezuelan Troupial |
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| Bananaquit |
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| Bare-eyed Pigeon |
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| Grey Kingbird |
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| Solitary Sandpiper |
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| Green Heron |
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| Neotropic Cormorant |
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| Osprey |
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| Royal Tern |
Steve C
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