Animals

An "Avocado Eater". Talnique, El Salvador.

"Wait a minute! I'm watching you..." Talnique, El Salvador.

Barack! He was a very nice dog. A little too nice for the heat! Talnique, El Salvador.

A zebra hybrid? Ishutan, El Salvador.

"Make sure you get my good side!" El Remate, Guatemala.

These are the lizards that stand up and "walk" on water. They are scurrying around all over the place. It was a bit disconcerting at first to be walking along and have a two foot lizard leap out of the brush and run away on it's hind legs! I swear they lay in wait for people. El Remate, Guatemala.

An Oscillated Turkey. Tikal, Guatemala.

I moved so I would have an angle to photograph this little monkey and he moved with me until he was directly above me. And then he started to drop things on me. I moved again thinking that maybe he just wanted what was in that specific tree and he moved with me and continued to drop twigs and such on me. What was so funny about it was that he would drop something and look down to wait for a reaction! So here I was in Tikal at the crack of dawn staring straight up into the trees talking to this little monkey while he dropped things on me to amuse himself! Tikal, Guatemala.

A Coatmundi. Tikal, Guatemala.

Turkey on the run! I really like this photo. Tikal, Guatemala.

Coatimundi Tikal, Guatemala.

Coatimundi Tikal, Guatemala.

A Neotropic Cormorant. Lake Peten Itza. Guatemala.

Fruit loops anyone? Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

Toucan. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

A gaggle of coatis. Tikal, Guatemala.

Mountain Lion. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

Mountain Lion. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

Mountain Lion. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

Mountain Lion. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

Sleepy Mountain Lion. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

Mountain Lion. My personal favorite of these. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

Somethings moving in the background. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

The jaguar is pound for pound the most formidable of all big cats. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

They have the strongest bite of all big cats and can hold their own against some tigers. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

Oftentimes simply biting through the skulls of their prey. His head was huge! And you could hear him breathe. He exuded power. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

Jaguar. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

Momma monkey picked my pocket while I was taking these. They thoroughly enjoyed my bbq cornnuts. Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.

Toucan. Ruinas de Copan, Honduras.

Blue and Gold Macaw. Ruinas de Copan, Honduras.

A very sleepy Scarlet Macaw. Ruinas de Copan, Honduras.

Life feeds on life. Venice, Italy.

The Sparrow. There is a poem of the same name by William Carlos Williams. He focused on the mundane rather than the dramatic. The sparrow not the eagle. " Pratical to the end the, is the poem of his existence...and it says it without offence. This was I, a sparrow. I did my best: farewell." Venice, Italy.

White-tail deer fawn. Upper Peninsula, Michigan. U.S.A.

An introspective monkey. Panajchael, Guatemala.

He heard a bag in my pocket rustle and all of a sudden he was very interested in me! Panajchael, Guatemala.

Coatimundi. Panajchael, Gutemala.

Coatimundi. I really wanted to pet him! Panajchael, Gutemala.

Blue and Gold Macaw. San Ignacio, Belize.

Scarlet Macaw. San Ignacio, Belize.

Scarlet Macaw. San Ignacio, Belize.

Blue and Gold Macaw. San Ignacio, Belize.

Butterfly. Ataco, El Salvador.

Scarlet Macaws on the wing. Ruinas de Copan, Honduras.

Lizard. Ruinas de Copan, Honduras.

The one on the left was very sweet. She climbed on my finger and I stroked her head. I put her on my shoulder and she leaned against my cheek. The one on the right did his absolute best to take the tip of my finger off! Ruinas de Copan, Honduras.

"What are you looking at?" I really like the focus in this shot. It does not hurt that Toucans are such beautiful birds. Ruinas de Copan, Honduras.

A grizzled veteran. Ruinas de Copan, Honduras.

This was one of a pair of rescued birds. Ruinas de Copan, Honduras.

As soon as my shutter clicked, he was instantly alert! Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala.