Hello, dear friends! If you spend most of your time at home, chances are you’ve heard an irritating pecking sound that seems to last forever… That, my friends, is the sound of a woodpecker, and it has gotten really common here in Casa de Campo these days.
Tag: Birds
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Birds in Casa #9: The Broad-Billed Tody
The Broad-Billed Tody is a very special and beautiful endemic bird of the island of Hispaniola.
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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 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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Meet the “Gavilán de la Hispaniola”, the Dominican Republic’s most endangered bird
The Ridgeway Hawk, better known in the Dominican Republic as the “Gavilán de la Hispaniola”, used to be a very common sight across the island of Hispaniola. Unfortunately, since the 1980’s numbers have declined dramatically and it is now the most endangered bird on the island – with only approximately 300 known to exist in […]
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Bird watching in Altos de Chavón!
The Altos de Chavón Regional Museum of Archaeology included in their summer camp “Archaeology, Exploration and Adventure” a special day dedicated to the birds of Altos de Chavón with the participation of renowned ornithologist Kate Wallace – before which a small group of adults took part in a bird-watching tour around Altos de Chavón. At 6:30am on […]
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Bird expert Kate Wallace to take part in the Altos de Chavón summer camp
Do you know what types of birds fly around Altos de Chavón and how many there are? Well, we’ll know soon enough, because American ornithologist, Kate Wallace who has been a resident of the Dominican Republic for many years, is going to take part in the Altos de Chavón summer camp. On Tuesday July 16th, […]
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Bird spotting! Learning all about Dominican birds and a “bird walk” in Bayahibe!
On Thursday the 9th and Friday the 10th of May 2013 a talk about Dominican birds and a “bird walk” was held in Bayahibe, La Altagracia, with the ornithologist Kate Wallace, an activity organized by the La Romana – Bayahibe Hotels Association and the La Romana – Bayahibe Tourism Cluster. On Thursday afternoon the group […]
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The Cigua Palmera bird welcomes all to Casa de Campo
UPDATE: It has been brought to our attention that the birds at the entrance to Casa de Campo are in fact sparrows!! OPPS!! Nevertheless this article talks all about the Cigua Palmera, national bird of the Dominican Republic… Right at the main entrance of Casa de Campo you can see hundreds of some small birds known […]