The Broad-Billed Tody is a very special and beautiful endemic bird of the island of Hispaniola.
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Birds in Casa #8: The Vervain Hummingbird
This is one of our favorite birds in Casa de Campo. Small and sweet, the Vervain Hummingbird loves flowers, so is always seen buzzing around out beautiful, flower-filled gardens. The Vervain Hummingbird is especially fond of orchids, as well as the flower of the Agave americana which we have spotted recently around the Dye Fore golf […]
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Birds in Casa #7: The sneaky Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo
The Hispaniolan Lizard cuckoo is a very elusive and sneaky bird, you can find them in the many gardens of Altos de Chavón specifically in the trees, moving from one branch to another in search of their favorite food “the lizards” – hence their name.
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Birds of Casa de Campo #6: The Ruddy Turnstones of Minitas Beach
When visiting Casa de Campo’s Minitas Beach there is one bird we can guarantee you will see – the Ruddy Turnstone. Commonly mistaken for a “sandpiper”, the little white and grey birds seen scurrying along the sand of Minitas Beach are actually Ruddy Turnstones. Ruddy Turnstones look a lot like sandpipers, both birds are small […]
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Birds in Casa # 5: Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron
In our most recent edition of TODO Casa de Campo (magazine guide for the Casa de Campo resort), we brought you an “Everyday guide to bird-spotting in Casa”, a simple guide to enjoying the many different species found across the resort. In this series of posts “Birds of Casa de Campo” we’ll be bringing you more […]
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Birds in Casa #4: The little yellow Village Weaver
In our most recent edition of TODO Casa de Campo (magazine guide for the Casa de Campo resort), we brought you an “Everyday guide to bird-spotting in Casa”, a simple guide to enjoying the many different species found across the resort. In this series of posts “Birds of Casa de Campo” we’ll be bringing you more […]
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Birds in Casa de Campo #3: Hispaniolan Woodpeckers
In our most recent edition of TODO Casa de Campo (magazine guide for the Casa de Campo resort), we brought you an “Everyday guide to bird-spotting in Casa”, a simple guide to enjoying the many different species found across the resort. In this series of posts “Birds of Casa de Campo” we’ll be bringing you more […]
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Birds of Casa de Campo #2: The Brown Pelican
In our most recent edition of TODO Casa de Campo (magazine guide for the Casa de Campo resort), we brought you an “Everyday guide to bird-spotting in Casa”, a simple guide to enjoying the many different species found across the resort. In this series of posts “Birds of Casa de Campo” we’ll be bringing you […]
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Birds of Casa de Campo #1: The Hispaniolan Parakeets of the Teeth of the Dog
There are an entire flock of Hispaniolan Parakeets living in Casa de Campo! These beautiful little green birds, which are endemic to the Dominican Republic, can be found at the Casa de Campo hotel and on the Teeth of the Dog!
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The whales are arriving! Discover humpback whale watching in Samaná
The Humpback whale season has finally arrived! The Dominican Republic’s whale watching season in the country’s northeast peninsula, Samaná has already started! Year after year, thousands of international tourists and residents from the Dominican Republic travel to Samaná to enjoy this fabulous spectacle, this year is taking place between January 15th and the 31st of March. […]
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Dominican fishing season 2013 “one of the finest Blue Marlin seasons the world has ever seen”
The Billfish Report has recognized the Dominican Republic as the #1 Billfishery in the world, reporting that the Dominican Republic fishing season 2013 was “one of the finest Blue Marlin seasons the world have ever seen”, with the waters between Punta Cana and La Romana reportedly “teeming with Blue Marlin.” Although not expressly mentioned in the […]