4/6 Wed
from the window inside the airplane, I saw an Antilean Palm Swift and a butterfly. 
While waiting for the shuttle to hotel outside the airport, saw Hispaniolan Woodpeckers and many Swifts.
At the lunch (Pizza place), Greater Antilean Grackles, one of them is crow-like with short tail.
Bananaquits, Palmchats, Zenaida/Mourning Doves
an Ani, a pair of Yellow-faced Grassquit (male and female) on the way from La Yola Restauant back to room.
an adult Little Blue and a Tricolored Heron, the first time saw both of the species closely and clearly 
Royal Terns

4/7 Thu
Mango outside our room
Kingbirds, Mockingbird, Turkey Vulture, Lizard-Cuckoos, Little Blue Heron (immature), Great Egret, Vervain Hummingbird and Mangoes 
Common Ground-doves
Village Weaver (and its nest), Red-legged Thrush at the Reserve in the morning walk with the LittleBoy tour guide 
Royal Terns by the beach outside Tortugua Bay Hotel/La Cana Golf Course
Crab, big fly, lizards
Loggedhead Kingbird (pm)

4/8 Fri
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Palm-Tanager and Red-legged Thrush
Osprey
Kingbirds
Large spider, ...
small birds at Fruit Garden (Jardin Frutal) 
Lizard Cuckoo outside our room in the evening

4/9 Sat
Hispaniolan Oriole (Icterus dominicensis) - formerly called Greater Antillean Oriole, Black-cowled Oriole. 
many hummingbirds inc. Mangoes
green lizard
at the 1st lagoon
  am - more fish than pm; school of small fish with orange-ended tail 
  pm - shrimps found & many Anies, a male Greater Antillean Bullfinch seen

4/10 Sun
wake up at 6am
Spotted Sandpiper (yellow legs) at Mangrove area near the Reserve
Cap May Warblers, many Anies, a male Greater Antillean Bullfinch, Yellow-crowned Night Heron along the way to La Yola
ugly Hispaniolan Oriole, molting or sick or Baltimore Oriole?
snake
Green Heron
Kingbirds
White-winged Dove

4/11 Mon
early morning walk at the Reserve
on the way to the Reserve, Woodpecker feed juvenile.
on the way to breakfast
  right outside Reserve, Kestrel get its breakfast
  Night Heron attack Kestrel
  immature Little Blue Heron seen, like the last few days

late am 
  sun tan by the Beach, swim to La Choza area, see many fish
  
pm eat at La Choza, after that enjoy fish and sea creature watching
  along the way to La Yola and back, see and photo male Yellow-faced Grassquit
  see also Osprey, Yellow-crowned Night Heron
    
1 month after Japan earthquake   

4/12 Tue
  leaving 



Missing:
	not seen
	  Tody
	want see more  
	  Village Weaver, Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo
	better photo
	  Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo