Quetzal Viewing- Grace

Something that I found exciting were these trees that weren't really trees.  They were ferns the size of trees!  We had hot cocoa and coffee and kept looking for the quetzal but didn't have much luck.  We decided to have breakfast there and finally saw one.  A guy that wasn't in our group saw one by the road.  We all jumped from our seats and walked over to the bird.  I wonder how the quetzal feels about all this?  Does he ever care about people?  I guess it's the same as city slickers seeing an eagle.  I've never understood the importance of one bird in particular.  I thought the blackbirds (larger than at home with interesting tails) were beautiful. The chicken there (at the restaurant) let me pet it until it was about ready for a nap.