That’s interesting, Cindy. I’ve never thought of birds being people watchers, but I suppose that is the case. These macaws do look curious – love the pictures!
Not only that, the first photo made me hold my breath for a second or two: it really felt like the macaw was staring at ME! Where did you have the chance to take these spectacular photos?
The interesting thing is that all sorts of animals, mostly wild, stare directly into my camera lens. I don’t use a tripod ever. I stand still with the camera lens stuck to my face on full zoom. Even wild grizzlies stare into the lens. Birds are fascinated by it. So you are totally correct, this incredible bird was staring directly at you! In that he was staring into the camera lens, which both you and I see equally. How cool is that! 🦜
With such rich and vibrant colors nature delights us. Never ceases to amaze me the many and varied beauties of nature. Thanks so much for sharing all your wonderful experiences out in the world.
A colorful bunch, plus they’re very smart. Several years ago, some green parrots had escaped their home while their people were cleaning their enclosure. The 4-5 parrots setup their own roost around a transformer in my sister’s neighborhood. The utilities department thought they could shoo away the birds. They did move, but to a bigger and better transformer a couple blocks away. The utilities department brought in the bird experts from the zoo, but the parrots outsmarted the bird experts. Since it seemed they wouldn’t be able to capture the parrots, the utilities department built them a roost. At least they wouldn’t get zapped by the transformer that was providing them with heat. The green parrots lived a couple seasons outdoors. In the meantime, a new bird specialist was hired by the zoo with a background with macaws and parrots. The new specialist said moving them was easy peasy … you have make them believe moving is their idea. They got the parrots moved to the zoo.
This is so perfectly parrot! Every bird can fly circles around us obviously, but some bird species can outhink us while they are flying around us, which is pretty freaking amazing, you have to admit. Since I was a little kid the term “bird brained” meant the people who used this term were definitely not as smart as birds. I love the “bird specialist,” who thought like the parrots. It takes intelligence to do that, even though that specialist couldn’t actually fly. I love this story. Thank you for sharing it with me and be well David დ
Thank you Maryann. I don’t own a captive macaw. The scarlet macaws were wild in Costa Rica. The hyacinth macaw lives cageless at a wild animal park in Southern California. Hyacinth’s are seriously endangered in the wild. I have seen and photographed many wild macaws, but have never seen a hyacinth in the wild.
My pleasure, Cindy. My niece and her husband have lived in Costa Rica for about ten years. She may have on occasion photographed a macaw or two in the wild. I am the lucky one to observe your beautiful photos. Thank you for sharing. oxox
Such wonderful photos of these amazingly characterful and colourful birds, and with such beautiful clarity – a joy to behold! You do seem to find some beautiful subjects for your photos Cindy.
Wow! This was such an amazing Macaws . So photogenic. 😁
They are such gorgeous creatures 🦜
Amazing photos, Cindy, and love the captions.
So appreciated and I am glad you do! Thank you & cheers დ
Too cute when he raised his foot for you to take a picture. Great shots, as always.
He was clearly waving at the camera. What a ham! 😉
Intelligent birds. And beautiful.
Yes. I agree completely 🦜
What glorious birds – that blue color knocks me out!
These blues make you happy! 🦜
Wow! I love parrots, beautiful and smart! Thank’s for share, Cindy.
Have a lovely day!
Elvira
I love them too. Fascinating creatures and you are right, they are so smart! 🦜
Thank you very much, Cindy.
Exactly fascinating! 🦜🙏
You are most welcome.
You are so kind.
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Stunning colours. Beautiful ❤️
Grazie mille! 🦜
They are great birds, but not as talkative as Greys ad Yellow Heads.
Very true. I do admit, I sometimes appreciate the absence of human conversation!! 😉
Wow, these photos are sooo beautiful, Cindy! Great work. 🤩
Thanks much John & cheers my friend 🦜
They are so, so gorgeous (as well as smart). Such beauty.
That’s interesting, Cindy. I’ve never thought of birds being people watchers, but I suppose that is the case. These macaws do look curious – love the pictures!
Thanks & happy you enjoyed. Birds are avid people watchers!! 😉
Not only that, the first photo made me hold my breath for a second or two: it really felt like the macaw was staring at ME! Where did you have the chance to take these spectacular photos?
The interesting thing is that all sorts of animals, mostly wild, stare directly into my camera lens. I don’t use a tripod ever. I stand still with the camera lens stuck to my face on full zoom. Even wild grizzlies stare into the lens. Birds are fascinated by it. So you are totally correct, this incredible bird was staring directly at you! In that he was staring into the camera lens, which both you and I see equally. How cool is that! 🦜
Beautiful birds Cindy! I still lean towards my Raven friends for smarts.
Ravens are amazingly smart 🦜
Birds are far smarter than what most people are aware of.
It’s the ability to use tools that sets them apart!
Very true Wayne, thanks დ
That ultramarine and yellow. They are extraordinary pretty. And so are your pictures!
So thoughtful and so appreciated Peter. Thank you 🦜
Oh wow, that blue! Gorgeous closeups, Cindy. 😍
Happy you enjoyed Michele & thank you 🦜
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Amazing Macaw.
Yes indeed! They are special 🦜
I like your Post
You made me smile 🦜
Such unique and beautiful birds.
Yes, exactly. Thank you 🦜
The colors are amazing, as are the photographs and the fantastic parrots.
I love you Gigi. Stay safe my friend 🦜🦜
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Splendid! Rocking some great plumage, those little guys.
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They are dressed to impress! 😉
sure are 🙃
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Quite stunning
Thank you very much Derrick & cheers დ
Gorgeous!
Alison
Grazie Alison დ
Wow! Marvelous photos! I love your photos but also the smart text.
So kind, and so appreciated, thank you & cheers დ
Such fabulous colours – they do look as if they’re people watching.
Birds are avid people watchers! დ
I hadn’t appreciated that Cindy, thank you
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They are so smart it’s not funny! It’s like having a child.
I believe it completely. Very intelligent creatures დ
Macaws always come over as incredibly nosy, and you’ve captured that beautifully.
Smiling. They are nosy birds in more ways than one! 😉
So beautiful.
Grazie mille Carolyn დ
I find them fascinating too…such incredible colours. Amazing images, Cindy.
So happy you enjoyed Cathy & cheers დ
This is revesible…. we are as equally interested in them.. 🙂
So true! Stay safe and well my friend დ
Wow, the colours!
Aren’t they ethereal! დ
Such beautiful birds Cindy, and may they stay that way dear lady. It would be a poorer world if we lost them 😀❤️🙏🏽
I so agree with you Maek. These gorgeous creatures are already seriously endangered in the wild დ
they are beautiful and I’m sure we are endlessly odd to watch )
I would definitely agree with the ‘odd’ part! 😉 😉
Such beautiful plummage!
Aren’t they stunning! Stay safe & well Liz დ
They sure are!
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Breathtaking Blue and Red colours. WOW!
Aren’t they gorgeous creatures! დ
Absolutely wonderful birds.. who’s a pretty boy then 😁🦜💕
Smiling…. That’s like my grandsons saying to me, “We’re cute!” (Because everyone says this to them.) Then they ask, “What is cute?” 😉 😉
🙂 Our Grandchildren are just the cutest lol.. 🙂
Just like all children everywhere, pure perfection დდდ
Totally agree 💖💕💖
my son had a macaw for over 20 years.. they become family.. waves good morning across the miles.
How wonderful for your son! Waving back at you my friend დ
The Nature made them unreally colourful. They are looking like an artist painted them!!!
The finest artist of them all! დ
Gorgeous captures. I love how the macaws look like they are posing for the camera.
They are natural models! 😉
Beautiful birds and images! They can watch me all they want! 😋
We are birds of a feather Brad! 😉
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Those macaws are beautiful. They do look like they are focused on getting a treat…or two.
Definitely the tame hyacinth was expecting something!! დ
Wow, I love the colours, so beautiful, great pictures Cindy!
Very pleased you enjoyed & thanks for letting me know დ
Blue is my favorite color, Cindy – next to green!
Ok. Now blue is really my favorite color.
Brilliant!
Smiling…. Hyacinth blue to be precise! 😉
Stunning close-ups, Cindy. Their colors are gorgeous. I’ve seen them wild in Costa Rica and it is a thrill.
Yes it is a thrill. I have seen them there too დ
Beautiful girl in blue
Dressed in indigo dreams დ
That’s lovely…
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Great pictures of Hyacinth and Scarlet Macaws!
Thanks much Andrew. Most appreciated *♡∞:。.。♡( ◡‿◡ )。.。:∞♡*
You’re welcome, Cindy.
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Aparrotly, it’s macawsome!
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Macaws are stunning beauties!
They are incredible დ
Again, I am reminded that we may not be the most advanced creatures on this planet!!
Definitely not the wisest! I concur completely Rebecca დ
Wow, they have such brilliant colors! Beautiful pictures!
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Jessica დ
Great portraits of the people watchers!
Thank you Peter & cheers my friend დ
They are so beautiful! Must be amazing to see them in the wild. I’ve only seen captive bred ones.
It is thrilling to find them in the wild. I have seen them in several different countries, but never the hyacinths. They are extremely endangered დ
Pretty birds! Pretty birds!
Smiling დ
BREATHTAKING & STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL BIRDS, SUCH VIBRANCY OF COLOR CINDY, YOU ARE A MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER I NEVER GET TIRED OF LOOKING AT YOUR WORK!! 🙂
Your very kind comment warmed my heart Mitchell. Thank you sincerely & take good care დ
You are truly an amazing photographer Cindy !! 🙂
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These are beautiful Macaws Cindy. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you more for appreciating them my friend & I hope you are safe and well დ
They’re beautiful!
Thank you & cheers! დ
Wonderful pictures, Cindy!
Vielen danke meing leiber Freund დ
Breathtaking photos, Cindy! They are so gorgeous. I agree that parrots are astute observers of humans. Hugs on the wing!
Beautiful birds but with terrible voices. You seem to be the bird expert. What are some birds that are not so attractive but have beautiful voices?
Several species of wren are incredible songsters. They are cute by not gorgeous დ
To see parrots in the wild makes me thing someone lost a pet. Or they escaped from the zoo.
Often they do, escape and breed! But the wild scarlet macaws were in the jungle in Costa Rica where they live დ
They are so beautiful! And I do love this deep blue color.
Have a fine weekend, and stay safe, dear Cindy!
Thank you very much Martha & you stay safe and well my friend დ
Amazing photos of this beauty, Cindy!!
Thank you Amy & cheers to you my friend დ
With such rich and vibrant colors nature delights us. Never ceases to amaze me the many and varied beauties of nature. Thanks so much for sharing all your wonderful experiences out in the world.
I so appreciate you thoughtful comment Eileen. Take good care my friend დ
Beautiful
Grazie mille დ
Piacere mio
They are very colourful! Nice shots!
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Sharon დ
Amazing deep blue and deep yellow eyes, Love natural design!
These look like very smart birds. Thanks to your vibrant photos, I did a quick search on Macaws, and some of them live to be 50 years old!
My goodness, these birds are gorgeous!
Amazing to know it. Beautiful birds, greatly photographed💫
So appreciated. Stay safe & well დ
A colorful bunch, plus they’re very smart. Several years ago, some green parrots had escaped their home while their people were cleaning their enclosure. The 4-5 parrots setup their own roost around a transformer in my sister’s neighborhood. The utilities department thought they could shoo away the birds. They did move, but to a bigger and better transformer a couple blocks away. The utilities department brought in the bird experts from the zoo, but the parrots outsmarted the bird experts. Since it seemed they wouldn’t be able to capture the parrots, the utilities department built them a roost. At least they wouldn’t get zapped by the transformer that was providing them with heat. The green parrots lived a couple seasons outdoors. In the meantime, a new bird specialist was hired by the zoo with a background with macaws and parrots. The new specialist said moving them was easy peasy … you have make them believe moving is their idea. They got the parrots moved to the zoo.
This is so perfectly parrot! Every bird can fly circles around us obviously, but some bird species can outhink us while they are flying around us, which is pretty freaking amazing, you have to admit. Since I was a little kid the term “bird brained” meant the people who used this term were definitely not as smart as birds. I love the “bird specialist,” who thought like the parrots. It takes intelligence to do that, even though that specialist couldn’t actually fly. I love this story. Thank you for sharing it with me and be well David დ
Beautiful colours.
They are gorgeous creatures დ
Wonderful pictures
So happy you think so! Thank you დ
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I like your point of view, Cindy 🙂
I like yours Patricia, 2 დდ
So beautiful bird. I love this blue color!
I do too! Thank you დ
These birds are beautiful. Their colors are so vibrant. Beautiful pictures 📸. Wonderful photography
Awww….. So touched by your thoughtfulness Beverley. Thank you & stay safe and well my friend დ
You are welcome. Blessings 🙌
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Cindy, your images are so colorful and tell the story alone. Where are these birds? Pets of yours? Thank you for your inspiring post. Be well. oxox
Thank you Maryann. I don’t own a captive macaw. The scarlet macaws were wild in Costa Rica. The hyacinth macaw lives cageless at a wild animal park in Southern California. Hyacinth’s are seriously endangered in the wild. I have seen and photographed many wild macaws, but have never seen a hyacinth in the wild.
My pleasure, Cindy. My niece and her husband have lived in Costa Rica for about ten years. She may have on occasion photographed a macaw or two in the wild. I am the lucky one to observe your beautiful photos. Thank you for sharing. oxox
Thank you for beautifully capturing this stunning royal blue beauty. 🤓
Thank you more for appreciating him & cheers to you დ
Such wonderful photos of these amazingly characterful and colourful birds, and with such beautiful clarity – a joy to behold! You do seem to find some beautiful subjects for your photos Cindy.
You make me very happy that I posted them Helene. Thank you very much and be well my friend დ
Fantastic exotic birds 🐦
You are a thoughtful friend დ
Wow!! Awesome birds 🐦 and magnificent plumage!
Birdies make the best beauties! დ