A troop of white-nosed coatis descended upon us. Not nearly as aggressive as their cousins that I saw in Brazil a couple years ago, they were still very curious about us with little fear.
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The coatis weren’t the only curious ones in the forest that day…
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Temple Stairs
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A heavily pregnant Central American Spider Monkey swings above us
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It’s called a roadside hawk, but this one was just perched along a hiking path.
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Occelated Turkey – I love the iridescent colours
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Spider monkey in the classic spider monkey pose.
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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