Every trip I take I
set myself a target bird. My visit to Los Volcanes had a family of birds that I
had not seen before and this group was high on my wishlist to see! Only one
species of Macaw has been recorded at Los Volcanes the Military Macaw and there
was a fair chance of seeing one too. I saw a bird in flight on the first day I
arrived but I had not taken any pictures of this amazing multi coloured bird.
During lunch I
noticed a group of four Macaws head into the trees near to the Lora trail. That
at least decided my plans for the afternoon a stake out along that trail.
Finding the noisy birds was not a problem but getting in position to get a
reasonable shot was going to be trickier and somewhat time consuming. But I had
plenty of that so the stake out began!
Some forty minutes
later having watched these birds crashing about in the canopy my opportunity
arose and was duly taken despite the bird being in partial shade! This bird
ticked me off and then joined the other three further back in the canopy.
After that bit of
excitement I must have had a rush of blood to the head and decided to walk to
the top of this steep winding trail. The views along the way were amazing and
at one point I was at eye level with a flock of Mitred Parakeets who were also
semi interested in the human below.
The view at the top
of the trail was amazing and a couple of Macaw performed a flypast similar to
the Red Arrows. Fantastic!
Now came the tricky
bit getting down the trail before it got dark. As I got lower down the trail
the vegetation changed from dry grass Cerrado to bamboo lined forest. The
trails were fairly narrow in places therefore there was no time for any slip
ups!
I happened to make
it back in good time well before the lights were turned out! Another great day
spent where quality made up for the lack in numbers of species seen.
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