Today we did some more snorkeling in some pretty intense water at Scotts Head. I finally saw my first wild sea turtle! That was amazing. I also got stung a few times by some jellyfish, which obviously wasn’t so amazing. I got to see an adult stoplight parrotfish which was also incredible to [...]
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Today was another amazing day. First we started out with a bit of snorkeling. I saw some species that I have not seen yet on our trip but, was unable to get any pictures of them. I saw a spotted drum, a pair of French angelfish, a blackbar soldierfish, a princess parrotfish, and a stoplight [...]
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Today we spent our first day over on the East side of the island. This is the Atlantic coast, and is the windward side of the island so it was much windier and had large waves. It also has some very interesting reef structures, such as fringing reefs. We first went [...]
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Dominican ameiva’s (Ameiva fuscata) are a large lizard species in the family of Teiidae which also includes several other extremely fast lizards such as the tegu’s, and other whiptail species. We have seen several on our trip thus far, but as all members of the Teiidae family which are known for their speed they have [...]
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One of the goals of our group was getting the chance to eat local food. We thought, if we were lucky, we might be able to stop by a restaurant or stand on a non-research day to sample local delicacies like goat milk and breadfruit. We hoped we might get to find out if a [...]
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On our way back from the falls we stopped at Wotten Waven Hot Springs where we saw all sorts of things–ginger, cocoa, and coffee plants.
We also saw Roseau wheat which sorta reminds me of bamboo or sugar cane, and this is what Roseau was named after. The hot spring was bubbling and around 140 [...]
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I have two movies for you all. The first movie was of the van ride to Boston the night before our plane departed for Dominica. Only half the group was there. The other half met us at the airport.
The second movie was of yesterday’s snorkel adventures with the help of Bryan Allen’s fantastic photography. If [...]
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Hey! As you all know we are here in beautiful Dominica! It’s not my day to post, but I just wanted to add that this is the most breathtaking place I have ever seen! Mom, sorry the phone cut out yesterday–I don’t know what happened but I’m sure phone communication will be difficult here. But [...]
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After many long stressful hours of travel we arrive at the Melville airport on the Atlantic side of the island. Customs was a breeze and the greeting we received, “Welcome to my Beautiful home”, truly makes us feel welcome. The daunting thought of climbing into a van with a steering wheel on the right hand [...]
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