"I write a poem by dint of mighty cerebration, the yellow-leg walks a better one just by lifting his foot."
Aldo Leopold
Belize plays stage to so many poems and songs all written and sung with an enviable ease. It seems that each tree and bird, hill and cloud are often lifting their subtle voices in praise of the Creator. We are thankful and made humble by these secret and sacred exchanges between Created and Creator.
This tricolored heron took an angler's break before returning to its daily task of fish finding.
The anhinga, the cormorant's elegant older sister, sits with feathers mottled white and ash to dry its wings in an afternoon's sun.
A boat-billed heron looks on after being startled awake from its daytime roost. These herons find the fishing easier at night when fish are sleeping and stationary.
These jabiru storks are tending to their nest in hopes of fledging a young stork that will one day stand at a height of 55 1/2 inches and soar with wings stretched out that reach 141 inches.
The tongues of these pale-billed woodpeckers can stretch out 5 and 6 inches to retrieve ants, termites and other boring insects.
Its diet of apple snails provided the inspiration for the naming of this snail kite. The river was riddled with these beauties perching or soaring low over the water.
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