Nasturtiums at Villa Pajon (wonderful in a salad)

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Flower photographed near Villa Pajon in the Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo. I believe this one is called campanilla.

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Unidentified flower photographed near Zapoten

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Unidentified dasher photographed near Villa Pajon

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Last morning at Villa Pajon, with (from left to right): Rafa, Jorge, Justin, Holly, Dielo, Lisa, and Marisol

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One of Justin and Marisol's golden swallow nest boxes near Villa Pajon

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One of the many churches in the Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo

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Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo

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Jorge Brocca, executive director of SOH, at Pedernales

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One of the doors in the Zona Colonial

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Jerry Bauers, working for the USDA Forest Service in the Caribbean for over three decades and still inspiring and supporting projects in sustainable tourism and recreation.

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Our last night in the Zona Colonial, with (from left to right): Holly Robertson, Ted Lee Eubanks, Lisa Sorenson, Jorge Brocca, and Kate Wallace.

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Another door in the Zona Colonial

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Holly Robertson, project manager for the Caribbean Birding Trail

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Lisa Sorenson, president of the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB)

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Kate Wallace of Todytours and Villa Barrancoli

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Jorge Brocca, executive director of the Sociedad Ornitologico de la Hispaniola (SOH)

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Entertainment during our last evening in Santo Domingo

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Least grebe at Rabo del Gato

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Unidentified flower photographed at Zapoten

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Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo photographed along the Rabo del Gato near Villa Barrancoli

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Heliconian butterfly, photographed on the Sendero en Sueno near Villa Barrancoli and the Sierra de Bahoruco.

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Unidentified flower photographed at Zapoten

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Holly Robertson at Pedernales

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Zebra longtail photographed on the climb to Villa Pajon

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Unidentified butterfly photographed along the Sendero en Sueno

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Bryophytes along the trail between Canto del Jilguero and Cachote

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Pyramidsis at the Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo Visitors Center. Once believed to be the center of the island, the structure, in fact, was erected as a token of gratitude to the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in the construction of the road between San José de Ocoa with Constanza.

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Fern fiddlehead photographed along the trail between Canto del Jilguero and Cachote

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Young Haitian Boy in the Dominican Republic

Haitian boy returning home from Constanza, Dominican Republic

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Broad-billed tody (barrancoli) photographed along the Rabo del Gato.

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Orange lichen (?) photographed at Zapoten

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Unidentified flower photographed at Zapoten

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Fern fiddlehead photographed along the trail between Canto del Jilguero and Cachote

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Lisa Sorenson on the trail between Canto del Jilguero and Cachote

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Sunset at Villa Pajon

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This parasitic plant grows on the endemic pines in Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo and its fruit is eaten by the Hispaniolan parrot.

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Trailhead for the hike up to the top of Aguas Blancas

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Staying warm at Villa Pajon

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Lisa staying warm at Villa Pajon

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A view of Castillo, the village near Villa Pajon

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A latrine recently constructed by volunteers at Castillo

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One of the lovely children that accompanied us during our visit to Castillo

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Tiger-beetle on the beach at Pedernales

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Jorge speaking to our public meeting in Constanza

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Passionfruit on the vine in Castillo

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Interior of our cabin in Villa Pajon

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