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| Great Green Macaw On property of Ara Project Manzanillo, Costa Rica |
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| Great Green Macaw On property of Ara Project Manzanillo, Costa Rica |
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| Great Green Macaw On property of Ara Project Manzanillo, Costa Rica |
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| Great Green Macaw On property of Ara Project Manzanillo, Costa Rica Macaws mate for life! |
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| Great Green Macaw On property of Ara Project Manzanillo, Costa Rica |
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| Black-mandibled Toucan On property of Ara Project (and probably stealing Macaw food!) Manzanillo, Costa Rica |
The Endangered Species Great Green Macaw (birdlife.org) (or an easier article on Wikipedia) is listed in my Costa Rica Bird Guide as “rare” or “uncommon” in just a few spots along the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica.
The Ara Project is one of the main reasons this endangered species is returning to Costa Rica. Click the Ara link to read about what they are doing in the Manzanillo area of Costa Rica with the Endangered Great Green Macaw and the less endangered larger population of Scarlet Macaws on our Pacific Coast. Habitat loss is the problem for both species and they help by providing Macaw housing in trees along the Caribbean coast. They have a hospital for injured birds or orphaned babies, but the others are all free and wild but come back “home” in Manzanillo for socializing, food that is provided, and some still use the tree houses or even hollows in trees here because it is a community of Green Macaws.
They exist in 3 other Central American countries and 2 in South America, but endangered throughout their habitat and rare or uncommon to find with fewer than 1,000 total left on earth. So I am thrilled about getting many photos here! The guided tour is set for the same time every afternoon when they are feeding which guarantees you photos. My guide was a Bribri young man named Duaro who is so knowledgeable about the birds and their services there and also speaks very good English! His Uncle Alex was my guide the next day to see birds in the Bribri Reserve (another post coming on that).
