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In 2007, with 2-3 months of volunteer work in the summer, it was established that scarlet macaws in ACOSA feed heavily on beach almond (Terminalia catappa).


artificial nest box installation, environmental education in local communities and the formation of a local scarlet macaw conservation NGO. These intensive conservation efforts resulted in population increases and the population has remained stable since then (Vaughan et al. 2005a). In 2009, research and monitoring focused only on August population monitoring for the 19th consecutive year. Data analysis indicate that the population remains stable and locals in the


Central Pacific area feel the population is increasing and migrating to new sites.


Although the Osa Peninsula (ACOSA) scarlet macaw population is the largest in Costa Rica, it has not been so well studied. Past research included studies of abundance and group size in the north-eastern part of the Osa Peninsula and a report on current status and conservation of the ACOSA population based on interviews.


This is a much more difficult population to study, without full-time employees with a sturdy vehicle to travel throughout much of the Osa


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