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“Magnificent Frigatebirds”

The magnificent frigatebird is a seabird that occurs over tropical and subtropical waters off America.

The male has a striking red gular sac which it inflates to attract a mate. The female is slightly larger than the male and has a white breast and belly.

🔎 nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/ma

📅 27 February 2018

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 100-400mm
🎛️ ISO 250, ƒ/5.6, 1/800 s

“Magnificent Great Egret”

This elegant heron is completely white with its magnificent plumage, reminding lace.

The bill of the Great egret is sharp, long and yellow in color. The bird has long, black feet and legs. During the breeding season, the bill becomes a bit darker while the legs get…

🔎 nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/ma

📅 27 February 2018

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 100-400mm
🎛️ ISO 320, ƒ/5, 1/800 s

“Western osprey in Dominican Republic”

The osprey is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range.

The osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except…

🔎 nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/we

📅 27 February 2018

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 100-400mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/9, 1/640 s

“Majestic Brown pelican”

With their broad wings and long beaks, brown pelicans are clumsy on land, but the largest pelicaniformes have a rare elegance in the air and a formidable efficiency when they dive to fish in the seas around the American continent.

On the coastline, brown pelicans…

🔎 nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/ma

📅 27 February 2018

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 100-400mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/5.6, 1/640 s

“Resting Brown pelican”

With their broad wings and long beaks, brown pelicans are clumsy on land, but the largest pelicaniformes have a rare elegance in the air and a formidable efficiency when they dive to fish in the seas around the American continent.

On the coastline, brown pelicans…

🔎 nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/re

📅 27 February 2018

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 100-400mm
🎛️ ISO 250, ƒ/5.6, 1/500 s

“Playa Carolina, Las Terrenas”

Playa Carolina is located in the seaside town of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.

Las Terrenas is a former fishing village turned small scale tourism hot-spot due to its postcard-perfect beaches and natural wonders.

Minus many of the large resorts that overwhelm…

🔎 nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/pl

📅 26 February 2018

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/7.1, 1/210 s

'In April, as Jean Pierre was approaching her due date, the Dominican government announced a crackdown on undocumented migrants. Almost immediately, images of pregnant women and new mothers who had been rounded up by immigration agents in hospitals and deported were all over the media.'

link below:
theguardian.com/global-develop

Ontario man recounts 'shock' after alleged 'set up' in Dominican Republic
A Canadian man is back home after a months-long ordeal in the Dominican Republic due to a case of mistaken identity and false charges.David Bennett is now back in his home of Burlington after spending over two months in the Caribbean. Bennett was welcomed home by his wife Jane Wilcox,...
#travel #law #arrest #vacation #DominicanRepublic #Canada
blogto.com/travel/2025/05/onta

Ontario man recounts ordeal after being stuck in Dominican Republic on 'bogus' drug charges
A Burlington resident who was arrested in the Dominican Republic over accusations of smuggling drugs is recounting his 71-day ordeal in the Caribbean country. The charges were withdrawn in April.
#travel #law #crime #Ontario #DominicanRepublic #News
cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/bu

Ontario man recounts ordeal after being stuck in Dominican Republic on 'bogus' drug charges
A Burlington resident who was arrested in the Dominican Republic over accusations of smuggling drugs is recounting his 71-day ordeal in the Caribbean country. The charges were withdrawn in April.
#travel #law #crime #Ontario #DominicanRepublic #News
cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/bu

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His trail of evidence linking #Pope #LeoXIV to #NewOrleans includes the grandparents’ marriage certificate from their Seventh Ward wedding in 1887, a photo of the Martinez family grave marker in #Chicago, & an electronic birth record of Mildred Martinez that shows she was born in Chicago in 1912.

The birth record lists Joseph Martinez & “Louis Baquiex” as Mildred’s parents. The father’s birthplace is listed as the #DominicanRepublic; the mother’s, New Orleans.

Ontario man stuck in Dominican Republic even after charges dropped: family
The wife of a Canadian man who was arrested in the Dominican Republic after he was accused of smuggling drugs says all charges against him have been dropped, but he remains stuck.
#travel #law #crime #DominicanRepublic #Canada #DavidBennett
globalnews.ca/news/11159275/on