The Educational Component begins again, February is the beginning of the new school year here in Honduras. Copan Maya Foundation has funded the Macaw Educational Program for nine additional schools. This means that 610 more children will receive the educational modules during the next 9 months of the school year. Download the educational modules through this website. The Macaw Festival will be held in March with all area schools being invited to attend, prizes, quiz-es, stop by if you are in Copan!
Three young Scarlet Macaws have been separated from their mothers at the Macaw Mountain Bird Sanctuary where they will be in a large holding aviary until being introduced into the release aviary at Copan’s Archaeological Site y funded last year by Hugo Boss, and then released into the general population with the release scheduled for April 5, 2012.
Macaw Mountain has put in new Signage explaining the “Guaras en Libertad, La Belleza Regresa” to the visitors. They are in Spanish and English
Macaw Mountain Bird Sanctuary has opened its Information Area to include the importance of the Scarlet Macaw and its history with the ancient Maya.
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Wow, lots to say about this. I hope this helps I have worked with both and had the Congo African Grey as a spoheuet for almost 20 years. They are both great animal friends if you choose to make them such, however you should be aware that there are alot of long-term responsibilities with them too. They are both very intelligent birds and require alot of your time for training, cleaning cages and food/water bowls, feeding, and fun time. They will both completely destroy wooden toys inside of a few minutes as they take them apart with their beaks; and wooden toys are NOT inexpensive when you need to purchase them so frequently. Plastic or plexiglass toys are even more expensive, but sturdier.Keeping them entertained is a major part of the job too. If you’re gone for too long from them, they can and often do, start plucking feathers from their bodies. In many cases, feather-plucked birds, will NOT grow their feathers back and you now have a special bird that needs even more care to prevent chills that could kill the bird.If you decide to keep the bird indoors or outside, you need to protect him from chills and extremes of heat too. Always provide water and shade inside the cage so the bird can get protection from sunstroke. Provide a large nest box, if you’re in a windy or cool area. If it gets too cold, then you’re talking indoors for the winter.A good quality cage to house either bird will be fairly expensive. A minimum of $500 or more.They can both live for up to 70(+) years, so you’ll need to think about long-term care for your bird. If anything happens to you, who will take the bird next? and what about when you go on vacations or when you decide you want to go to college? Can the bird come with you? If not, who will take care of it? and are they ready and willing to absorb all this extra work and responsibility too?Another issue handling bad habits that unfortunately happen through no fault of your own my African Grey started shrieking after he heard the smoke alarm go off only one time in his life. From then onwards, it became a part of his usual repertoire. It’s hard to handle that if the bird becomes your roommate and he starts shrieking all day long! It’s even worse if he turns into a biter and you can’t pick him up anymore after that. There’s ways to divert the bird’s attention from these bad habits, but that can take months of re-training to stop the bad habit.You’ll also want regular veterinary care for the bird. A checkup, I recommend a microchip implanted because these birds are frequently stolen. Regular veterinary care on an ANNUAL basis is a major requirement if you’re going to house your friend outdoors where he can come into contact with other birds. Otherwise, you can probably get by with every other year for a vet checkup unless you notice any medical problems, or you need to have the beak, wing feathers, or toenails trimmed. Birds don’t tend to like the trimming process! LOL!Feeding can be expensive too. A good quality bird food, supplemented by dried or fresh fruits will cost you around $15 every 2 weeks and that doesn’t include the fresh fruit, or other foods you should give your bird to balance his diet. Eggs, cooked chicken, nuts, veggies, pizza, even zucchini muffins are all a part of the food service you’ll be doing! and they often scatter the food all over the place outside the cage! Be ready for some serious cleaning wherever you keep him! Picture a food fight in the room where you house your bird pizza on the walls?!!! LOL! d=)I think you’ll have a great time with either bird as a pet, but I just wanted you to know about the long-term care requirements and the huge responsibilities required for them. Good luck!