One of the people I contact at my job knows of my interest in birds. We took a bird class together once. He brought me a gift today. The gift was a photo he took while on vacation in Belize. This photo is full of bright green leaves. In the center of the leaves is a little bird with a maroon berry in it's beak. The bird has a red head, a black body and yellow legs. He asked me to identify the bird. I had no idea. I've never seen such a bird like this before but I was pretty sure this wasn't a Minnesota bird. He said it was a red capped manakin. I love the photo. All the green leaves feel like a healing balm to my eyes that have been deprived of color by a long winter. I taped the photo to the top of my computer monitor at work. Then I searched the net for the red capped manakin to learn more about it. The male red capped manakin's mating dance came up. OMG! For sure this would make a girl's heart go pitter patter!
Limon City
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