Tag: macaws

Trips

Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate

December 1, 2022 by Dragan 1 Comment

On that glorious day, I observed ten critically endangered birds, representing 8% of their Costa Rican, or 2% of their global population!! But, let’s...

Trips

Costa Rica Opens! What About the Birding?

November 5, 2020 by Patrick O'Donnell No Comments

Back in March, back when the world realized that a pandemic was happening and that it was spreading with tenacious unconscious determination, Costa Rica...

Trips

The Scarlet Pacific of Costa Rica

November 23, 2017 by Dragan 2 Comments

The Crocodile Bridge on the Tarcoles River is a strange place. Cars stopped at the bridge itself, people walking – not just along the...

Birds

Protecting the Hyacinth Macaw and the Cerrado

June 11, 2011 by Mike 3 Comments

Who doesn’t love a macaw? Big, bold, beautiful parrots full of character and charm, macaws make us long for some of the world’s wildest...

Birds

Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

March 18, 2011 by a Guest 5 Comments

Some of the most popular birds in the world are parrots, particularly the large, multi-coloured Ara Macaws. Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers...

Birds

What is the National Bird of Honduras?

by Corey 1 Comment

The national bird of Honduras is the Scarlet Macaw. It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National...

Birding

Community conservation – valuing what’s around us

December 7, 2010 by Dale Forbes 5 Comments

In the 1980s, single-species conservation projects abounded with concerned groups fighting to save the rhino, cheetah, tiger, blue whale, and many others. People ‘declared...

Birds