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2012 DR Birdlist Victor Emanuel Nature Tours THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC April 14-21, 2012 Vervain Hummingbird. Photo: D. Ascanio Leaders: David Ascanio & Kate Wallace Compiled by: David Ascanio Victor Emanuel Nature Tours, inc. 2525 Wallington Drive, Suite 1003 Austin, TX 78746 www.ventbird.com VENT 2012 The Dominican Republic. D. Ascanio Victor Emanuel Nature Tours The Dominican Republic April 14-21, 2012 Leaders: David Ascanio & Kate Wallace Photo composition. Bay-breasted Cuckoo. Photo: D. Ascanio This was our fifth consecutive Dominican Republic tour and what a way to celebrate it: with astonishing views of a pair of Hispaniolan Crossbill and a Bay-breasted Cuckoo scoped while perched on a open branch! The Hispaniola comprises two countries and two paleo-islands. Each of these paleo-islands (separated in the past by a sea channel) hosted unique endemic avifauna and, once joined together the gene exchange took place by birds dispersing into each of the other paleo-island. One would expect competition among species with similar niche, but instead many survived and gave to the Hispaniola an unique feature among the Antilles: it host two species of todies, a relictual population of a crossbill, two species of palm tanagers and an endemic family of birds: the Palmchat. This year we enjoyed mild rain that actually turned in or side as we experience early morning bird activity each moment it stopped raining no matter the time of the day. But, to bring back some of the memories of the trip a short paragraph follows for each day (extracted from my journal): 14 April 2012. Arrival to The Dominican Republic. Upon our arrival to the hotel we were welcomed with a blast of green feathers and a tropical drink at the 2 VENT 2012 The Dominican Republic. D. Ascanio Hotel El Embajador. At the parking lot we enjoyed about 500 individuals of Hispaniolan Parakeet coming to roost and allowing even eye-level views from the balcony of our room while a diminutive but temperamental male Vervain Hummingbird called from the tip of a fresh leave of a Royal Palm. Such welcome to The Dominican Republic was complemented with great views of Hispaniolan Woodpecker displaying from a bare branch while two Antillean Palm Swift were soaring over our heads. Although much of the neotropical migrants might have headed to their breeding grounds we were able to find American Redstart while enjoying the bulky nest of the only member of an unique endemic family of the Hispaniona: the Palmchat. An early dinner accompanied by a downpour was served in a restaurant near the hotel. 15 April 2012. Los Limones. In VENT we like to stimulate local conservation actions and today was the day to help a ranger on his work tracking the most threatened Buteo in the world, the Ridgway's Hawk. For that we met Timoteo at Los Limones whom took us to a nest site where we were rewarded with views of a female feeding a juvenile with a lizard. Later, more individuals were seen soaring over the buffer zone of Los Haitises national park. But, although we came for the hawk other endemic birds of Hispaniola showed up nicely. These were the Hispaniola Parrot and the White-necked Crow. While the first was scope while foraging on a fruiting tree the latter was enjoyed while giving its diagnostic loud vocalization. After a delicious lunch in Timoteo's house we drove to the dry scrub where we found Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo, one that we will see almost every day during the tour. As we were leaving Los Limones we observed our first of the two endemic beauties of the island: the Broad-billed Tody. This one was nesting at side of the road while a stop along the highway next to the sea provided excellent views of a White-tailed Tropicbird. 16 April 2012. The Botanical Gardens and drive to Barahona. It is hard to believe that you can see so many endemic bird species in a city crowded with crazy traffic and mad drivers but Santo Domingo is certainly an exception! Here, Hispaniolan Parakeets fly over the street, Hispaniolan Woodpecker calls at the parking lot of the supermarket and many Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo visit the gardens to catch their favorite prey, an endemic lizard species. But, this city is also a good starting point for some of the Caribbean specialties and that includes West Indies Whistling Duck and Antillean Mango. Both species were seen nicely at the botanical gardens while Red-legged Thrush and many Palmchat (an endemic family!) where also common in the gardens. 3 VENT 2012 The Dominican Republic. D. Ascanio In continuing to Barahona we decide to take lunch at the Tortuguero bay, a place where a battle to seal the independence of the Dominican Republic apparently took place. Here he had our first encounter with Greater Antillean Bullfinch while only few of us saw Black-crowned Palm Tanager. After lunch we continued to Barahona and further to El Quemaito. On arriving to the lodge we found a Vervain Hummingbird nesting, Stolid Flycatcher singing and a male Antillean Mango defending flowers. Before dinner few Antillean Nighthawks where already displaying close to the shore. 17 April 2012. El Aguacate and Zapoten. The Sierra de Bahoruco sets the international boundary between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. This mountain has an international conservation importance given its endemic species and also because it harbor the only nesting site of the Black capped Petrel. The road reaching the highlands is rough and we had to drive throughout a river bed to gain elevation. But, this is the tropics and the unexpected will always take a chance. While passing the guard post of El Aguacate we were informed that we would probably not been able to drive in further given some problems along the road. What kind of problems these were I never knew but as a fact we had to stop at the station, have breakfast there and wait for the authorities to give us the permission to drive in further to the highlands. While having a picnic breakfast we saw Hispaniolan Parrot in flight and added one more species to our list: the Hispaniolan Pewee. Shortly after breakfast we were announced that the road was cleared to us and for that we loaded the SUV's and rushed to the Zapoten area since it was critical to reach there before it got too warm to look for the LaSelle Thrush. On reaching Zapoten I was concerned about the timing and the chances for seeing this rare and unique thrush. But, thanks to the team work between Miguel Angel, Kate and myself we managed to have every member of the group to see it and to enjoy it. What happened afterwards was a typical birding session in an island where you nail one endemic after the other before it is too late. While still in Zapoten we managed to see an Hispaniolan Emerald, the Hispaniolan Trogon, the diminutive and comical Narrow-billed Tody, the almost extincted Golden Swallow, the unique and beautiful Rufous- throated Solitaire, Green-tailed Warbler (Green tailed Ground Tanager) and the randomly found White-winged Warbler (Highland Tanager). Continuing our explorations in the Bahoruco mountain we later saw Hispaniolan Oriole, Antillean Siskin and the rare and shy Hispaniolan Crossbill. Tired, but excited and pleased with the results of our day we drove back to El Quemaito for an early dinner and a celebration for a day packed with endemic birds while more Antillean Nighthawks were circling the skies above El Quemaito again. 4 VENT 2012 The Dominican Republic. D. Ascanio 18 April 2012. The Jaragua national park, Aceitillar, Cabo Rojo and Los Patos. This is a day for a relaxed birding but still long drives. After a breakfast in El Quemaito we drove west to cross the beautiful Jaragua national park where we had amazing views of Antillean Piculet. Later, we continue our drive through paved ground and visited what might be considered the best road in the Dominican Republic: the Alcoa road. Here, we found the endemic Flat- billed Vireo, more Golden Swallows and a distant Palm Crow. After a picnic lunch in Aceitillar we drove down to Cabo Rojo where we add many waterbirds to our list including herons, egrets and the less common White-cheeked Pintail. In the midafternoon it was the time to return home but we decided to stop in Los Patos to give a chance to another endemic, the Ashy-faced Owl. Although in Los Patos we only heard the owl a Least Pauraque flew across the field and allowed only views in flight. A late dinner accompanied another checklist filled with interesting experiences and more endemics to add to this amazing and unique birding adventure. 19 April 2012. Rabo de Gato, Villa Barrancoli and Lago Enriquillo. Another very early morning served the table to two more endemic birds in the lower part of Sierra de Bahoruco. First, some of us nailed a White-fronted Quail- Dove walking across the road and later everyone had the opportunity to see in the scope a Bay-breasted Cuckoo perched in the subcanopy. What a moment! Seeing a species that represents the "ghost" of birding in the Dominican Republic is always a tremendous bonus in life and surely a species everyone appreciate to see. After such exciting morning we enjoyed a late breakfast in Rabo de Gato where more todies accompanied cereal, boiled eggs, yogurt, milk and fresh Dominican coffee. We continued our day with a drive to Lago Enriquillo where Palm Crows were seen incredibly well by one of the SUV but failed to get it for the second one.
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