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Since I’m literally counting the days until I attend the Fifth International Birdwatching Encounter in Guatemala (it’s not too late to register!), I’m ready to share a very special series of photos I’ve been saving since my last trip there. After a couple of days kicking around Guatemala City and Antigua, our horde of rabid [...]

Most of my time in Guatemala was spent in some type of forest or another, which is exactly how I like it. To me, the Neotropics are all about rain forests and cloud forests and the other assorted flavors of vegetation and altitude. But if you spend any time at all in the Petén region, [...]