Photo Galleries: Grand Belize Part I 2011 Photos by Barry Zimmer, Brian Gibbons & Marie Jordan
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Grand Belize Part I: Crooked Tree & Hidden Valley
Twenty feet away from us, a stunning, breeding-plumaged Agami Heron stalked slowly along the riverbank. Wispy, powder-blue plumes adorned its chestnut-colored neck, but no one could take their eyes off the gigantic, dagger-like bill of this rarely seen tropical heron. As we watched, an American Pygmy Kingfisher dashed by, though hardly anyone noticed, as we had already studied that incredible species at leisure a short while earlier. The boat trip at Crooked Tree Lagoon is always my favorite ... Read More