29 Nov 2012
Green-cheeked Parakeet (Pyrrhura molinae)
The green-cheeked parakeets were quite hard to see up close, as they were usually in the dense canopy when in the valleys. Not in dead trees, like the mitred…
29 Nov 2012
Mitred Parakeet (Aratinga mitrata)
This is perhaps the most numerous of the parakeet species here, and I saw many flocks of them escaping the various birds of prey. They nest in cracks and holes…
27 Nov 2012
Military Macaw (Ara militaris)
As I'm photographing a Plumbeous Kite I hear the calls of Military Macaws! I've just entered the fringes of Amboro National Park in which Refugio Los Volcanses…