In the lowland tropical rainforest, spring always comes earlier than imagined. At the beginning of April, the hues of spring deepen. The season of reproduction arrives amidst the songs of diverse birds.
The red cardinals of America sing with "anger," jubilantly spreading their red and black feathers to attract the dull, grey females. They occupy their respective "treetops," expelling male birds that cross their paths, and even confront their own shadows as competitors for mates, constantly "dueling" with the air.
"Ecatl, the chieftains of the Seaside Tribes, are like these noisy red cardinals. They rack their brains, desperately occupying their respective treetops, yet their vision is limited to the immediate."
