Café Lempira Part 2/4

Showing the bird how it’s done

Cafe Lempira (Part 2/4) by Jim Latham | Photo by Javier Mazzeo on Unsplash

Alain nodded toward the patio. “Check out that bird.”

An unusually large rainbow-billed toucan perched near the top of the massive cage. Like the old man sitting underneath the bougainvillea, the toucan kept to the shadows cast by the leaves of creeping vines thick with brightly colored flowers. As if sensing our attention, the toucan made a…