Green Winged Macaws have green feathers on their wings and red feathers on their faces. They are red, green and blue, and live in South America.
Scarlet Macaws are red, yellow and and blue, with white faces.
Scarlets live in South and Central America and Mexico.
I was amazed to come upon this friendly scarlet in Costa Rica.
I couldn’t figure out why he was performing for me, until his mate turned up, and I realized they were feeding their chick in a nest in the hollow of this tree.
I have never seen nesting wild macaws so this was quite a thrill!
Macaw populations are scattered in the wild and rare to find.
Their numbers have been decimated by habitat destruction and the pet parrot trade.
Macaws are highly intelligent and mate for life.
Cheers to you from the incredible Macaws~
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I have run out of adjective. Really…your photographs are so incredible, what’s left to say except thank you.
Awww. You are such an awesome friend! Thank you & cheers <3 🐦
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Beautiful !
Thank you, they are gorgeous creatures <3 🐦
Their bright colours are probably partly responsible for their decline. It breaks my heart to see vendors with birds in cages, swinging them around, hoping some tourist will buy them at a border stop. Your photos are really wonderful, Cindy.
Yes, it is heartbreaking. We are a destructive species. Seeing them in the wild is such a different experience. Their intelligence and happiness shines through. <3 🐦
I hope we can protect those that are left.
I share your hope.
Such gorgeous colour Cindy.
Leslie xoxo
Aren’t they stunning creatures! <3 🐦
Almost as bright and cheerful as my new red shoes, Cindy.
These portraits are joyous. As with all your images, your love of nature shows.
We are an inescapable part of nature and I am comforted by the wilderness and her creatures. Thank you for knowing <3 🐦
I feel like doing the tango or is it the cha cha cha!! Love red – and I love your photos and blog! Hugs!
Hugs & cheers back to you Rebecca <3 🐦
Such a magnificent bird…and captured beautifully by you!!
Thank you very much on both counts <3 🐦
Beautiful and special creatures, Cindy, thanks for the glimpse!
They are just amazing, so playful and curious and intelligent <3 🐦
Your photographs are exquisite and I am so pleased you were able to see these birds in the wild.
I feel exactly the same about your photos and the wild creatures you capture <3 🐦
Beautiful photos Cindy! They are so colourful! 🙂
Aren’t they amazing! Mother Nature is a virtuoso <3 🐦
Thank you for sharing these beautiful macaws!
Wonderful color and fantastic photographs. Love it !!!
So kind & so appreciated! Cheers to you <3 🐦
How exciting! They are gorgeous, and your images are wonderful.
It is so amazing to find them. You can hear their distinctive squawking in the canopy, and you get a crick in your neck looking up, but when you finally spot them, WOW! <3 🐦
What vivid birds. Smart and lovely, just like the photographer.
Awwww, cheers to you sweet friend <3 🐦
Such beautiful colors – I can’t imagine coming up on a nesting pair and seeing them up close. Great pictures!
It is a transfixing experience <3 🐦
wow, these are so beautiful and the shots are amazing. so hard to think they are just out there flying around
So far, on this trip, I have seen six. Each an absolute thrill <3 🐦
I recently saw a “rescued” bird at a wildlife preserve in the Caribbean. It had been a pet. It is so much nicer to see your beautiful photos of them living free.
In captivity they often pluck out their feathers one by one, leaving themselves bald. It is sad to see how miserable many of them are <3 🐦
That macaw has a lot of personality, and very colorful.
Isn’t he wonderful. Funny and curious and free, the way he ought to be 🐦
I love these colourful macaws with their almost acrobatic skills. Great bird photos, Cindy!
Thank you Peter. He cracked me up when he flipped upside down to look at me! Maybe I look better that way 😉
Fantastic Photos Cindy. Yes, MaCaws in the wild are hard to find these days. Hope you are enjoying your time in Costa Rica. Almost moved there a few years ago. We worked with so many realtors looking at places all over the country, but just never found that perfect home and location with everything we wanted at that time, so we put in on the back burner. Things happen for a reason I guess. Never though Terry would develop cancer and pass away a few years later.
Oh, this gives me goosebumps Gary. I can well understand why you would want to move here. It is so incredibly beautiful <3
They are beautiful creatures.. I did not know they are different kinds and different by colors too. Beautiful pictures of them!
I think the all blue hyacinth macaw may be the largest and one of the most endangered. I would so love to see one in the wild. They are exquisite.
They are very smart! When I bought my cockatoo, I was shocked by how long big birds live. I can’t wait to hear about your trip.
I have read of macaw females raising young at the age of 68! 🐦
That’s one busy mamma!
Bird parents are so incredibly devoted <3
Stunning! Beautiful creatures.
I <3 people who <3 🐦🐦🐦
Yay! 🙂
Gorgeous birds, colors, and photos! Are you homeward bound now?
Not, yet, but we are back in contact, which makes the whole world feel like home. Hope all is well with you and your family <3
An extraordinary series of this colorful bird. Congratulations, Cindy. .
Thank you for your kind appreciation <3
That is one helluva beautiful creature! WOW, lucky you! Bad humans for decimating habitat and making pets! Honestly, often it is an embarrassment to be homo sapien.
It is definitely embarrassing to be a human, but then one has to remember the positive impacts of people like you <3
Lol! you are adorable. We move forward! <3
We do, us two <3 <3
This is beautiful! Macaws are one of my favorite birds <333
They are so amazing in so many ways 🐦
OMG, Cindy…how in the world do you ever capture such unbelievable images – and great narrative to go along with them. This post was awesome as usual.
You are a very kind friend <3 🐦
What a thrill to capture this gorgeous bird and his mate. Thank you, Cindy for this special series. 🙂 <3
Thank you more Amy for your kind appreciation 🐦
A nest! What an exciting find. I remember the dawn to dusk raucous sounds of wild parrots in the Yucatan – so loud!
I love that sound! I was there in 1972 as a kid. When were you?
1979 – before all the tourist facilities, which I understand are now everywhere. I wonder if the wildlife is still as abundant?
I doubt it. My daughter was there about ten years ago I saw fotos that were unrecognizable.
I guess that’s why they say you can never ‘go back.’ I think I’d be in shock.
Ditto.
Beautiful!
Thank you John & cheers! 🐦 <3
Stunning birds!! Nature’s beauty! ❤️
Mother Nature loves to rock the 🐦🐦🐦!
Wonderful photos.
Muchos gracias <3 🐦
These are very beautiful birds. Thank you Cindy for posting these photos. 🙂
Thank you more my friend for appreciating them <3 🐦
What magnificent creatures! Such beauty must stay wild. (Take only photographs, as the saying goes!)
Amen! Thank you Liz <3 🐦
These photos are breathtaking! What a wonderful experience to see them and share with us. 🙂
Awww, I <3 my friends who <3 the 🐦🐦🐦!
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I am so grateful for you and your tireless advocacy Sharon <3
Unbelievably beautiful! <3
Thank you Linda. I was just marveling at your geometric tree!
Magnificent!
Happy you enjoyed & cheers to you Bette <3
Gorgeous birds!
<3 🐦 <3
What a beautiful, colorful bird!
Mother Nature rocks her palette with the parrots <3 🐦
Cindy, thank you for these wonderful photographs!
Muchos gracias mi amigo 🐦
Oh my goodness, the clarity of your photos makes the color of the bird shoot off the page!
Ahhhh, thank you so much & cheers <3 🐦
my pleasure. 🙂
<3 <3
Wow! Big collors and big shot. Good vibes from Brazil.
Lucky you! You have these beauties in gorgeous Brazil <3 🐦
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Here are more lovely photographs from Cindy Knoke!
Cheers to you Charles. I am most grateful for your thoughtfulness <3 🐦
You are very welcome, Cindy!
<3
Unbelievable! Both photographs and adventure!!
Ahhh, so nice & so appreciated. Cheers to you!
Great photos of a beautiful bird!
Much appreciated Margaret <3
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Stunningly beautiful green-winged & Scarlet Macaws from South and Central America and Mexico. These are pictures taken by Cindy Knoke.
Love to you sweet lady <3
Beautiful. 🙂
You made my day.
You just made mine <3
🙂