When you need a miracle, go to nature. And when you need a miracle among miracles, look at the Toucans. I am enthralled by these birds, and though I have a hard time deciding which is more mind-blowing than the next, Toco Toucans (Ramphastos toco) may be my favorite.

That glowing, flamboyant, tiger-orange bill, striking Persian-blue ring around the eye, again framed in orange, snow-white breast, and overall huge size, make these birds almost too beautiful to be real.

The largest of 43 Toucan species, Toco Toucans are one that is not strictly a forest dweller, and is found along edges and in wet grasslands from Guyana south to Argentina, and from southern Peru east through central Brazil.