When I was young, I stood in a Costa Rican mountain cloud forest, desperately trying to find a resplendent quetzal with its dazzling plumage. Yet, a male bird had been perching in a tree 15 yards away ...
What the eagle is to the U. S., the quetzal is to Guatemala. The quetzal (rhymes with pretzel) is a rare, lovely bird with bright green plumage, blood-red breast, fuzzy topknot, yard-long tail ...