(081208)
Beloved --
Yesterday the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. My guide was "Bernal." If you ever make it here, choose him. He was a wealth of information and had a great eye for spotting things I would never have seen--quetzals, tarantulas, white faced monkeys, and jaguar tracks. (No one seems to be having any luck spotting a sloth of either the three-toed or two-toed variety!)
For many years the scientists in this part of Central America had a hard time tracing the migration of the quetzal (BTW: The quetzal is Guatemala's national bird, but is hardly found there anymore because of the intense deforestation). An ornithologist--named Powell, I believe--unravelled the mystery when he discovered that the quetzals "migrate" downslope about 200 vertical meters annually to a completely different habitat and climate zone. The vegetation is so thick here that 200 vertical meters is a world apart and completely hidden.
I love you and miss you all,
Jim
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