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Mazatlán Aquarium
Self-portrait with spiny lobsters.
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Quetzals and Wattles
Day 213: April 29, 2025 – Monteverde, Costa Rica Costa Rica is known as a birding hot spot, and it did not disappoint. A day trip to Curi-Cancha Reserve in the Monteverde Cloud Forest gave me 28 lifers (birds I had not seen before), including two extra-special species, the Resplendent Quetzal and the Three-wattled Bellbird.
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Best Port Ever
An unusual welcoming committee.
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
A multi-island nation in the Caribbean.
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Birds of Brazil
52 lifers.
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Rio Botanical Garden
Marmosets and Canonballs
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Brazil Coast
A 4,500 mile coastline
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Faces of the World: Antarctica
Meet Peggy Penguin.
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The Real End Of The World
Our first zodiac landing.
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Glacier and Waterfall Parade
A parade of glaciers and waterfalls.
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Ballestas Islands
Petroglyphs, penguins, and poo.
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Birds of Ecuador
117 lifers.
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A Bird In The Hand
And a tanager rainbow.
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Iguanas and Snoozing Sloths
Getting my nature fix.

