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Slaty-tailed Trogon in Belize Rainforest

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great pic as always, elbert. whats those "fuzzy" things growing on the tree? blush

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I've been trying to find a name for them, not good to eat kinda fruit but not fleshy.i've been asking Tour guides but nada.


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I'm sure few people ever get to see these beautiful creatures, let alone take such a great photo. Congratulations! and Thanks!

There a few (count on one hand maybe), trogans of some sort that can be seen in south Texas. I think I read here that AC is some fifty miles beyond the resplendant quetzal's territory, or did it say they are not to be seen in Belize at all?

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They where in Southern Belize about 80 years ago, but now retreated to the Guatemalan side of the Mayan Mountains.
//ambergriscaye.com/birds/quetzalcoatl.html
Its eerie to google a subject/question just to find your the source.

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"Its eerie to google a subject/question just to find your the source."

It is! What subject did you find where you're the source?

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no joke - we've often heard those fruit/nuts referred to as "horse balls" - which is just what they look like. (from WiWords: Horse Balls - Noun - A fruit that grows in western Belize that resembles a small breadfruit but with a white sticky discharge when cut.)

here's a trogon (tho i may have mis-named it) i saw in CR:

http://www.pbase.com/sweetjane/image/77791423/medium

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Cool shot Jane and yes a rare one.
Hummmm I'll hafta look closer next time I see a horse!


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Also heard them called Grandpa's Balls.....

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I'll check Grandpa also.

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