over 25 years, he has studied the nesting process of the scarlet macaw and the cameras allow him to observe competition for nests, because oftentimes the scarlet macaws must battle with toucans and kinkajous for a nest. One can also follow the incubation


process that occurs between December and February, chick birth and feeding behavior, among other life cycle phases. This year together with the Punta Leona


administration, it was decided to share the camera signal, located in the guayabón, so that the public could appreciate this spectacle of nature.


This was how grade school teacher


Humberto Solórzano and his students took advantage of this technological resource to learn more about the species. On school computers, at home, and even on parents’ cell phones, the children identified with this feathered pair in their quest to be parents. “They have always lived with this species, because the scarlet macaw lives in this region, but this time we had the opportunity to see it in another facet. You do not always have the possibility of seeing the birds in their nests,” Solórzano said.


To show how much they have learned, the children were given the task of drawing the scarlet macaw reproductive cycle. (Courtesy of Lizbeth Mora Vargas)


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