Dusk beginning to set in over Tikal.
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The keel-billed toucan is the national bird of Belize…although most of the ones we saw were in Guatemala.
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One last shot from Tikal – a spider monkey scrambling atop the canopy
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Green Hills Butterfly Ranch was our next stop – here they breed several species of butterflies.
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The ranch sends butterflies to butterfly houses all over the world.
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The butterfly farm also has feeders out and they’re visited by around a dozen species of hummingbirds. The most numerous are these white-necked jacobins
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A rufous-tailed hummingbird
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A white-necked jacobin perches near the feeders
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One final hummingbird from our visit to the butterfly farm (it was a hard task to get this section down to just 4 photos!) This one a White-bellied emerald.
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These rose-bellied lizards remind me of the Joker from the Dark Knight.