Blue-Throated Macaw 1

  

    Only known 2003 breeding Pair of Wild  Blue-Throated Macaws in Flight 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 2

   

    Only known 2003 breeding pair of Blue-Throated macaws on Their favorite perch

        (overlooking their nest tree)    

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 3

 

    The Isla Verde Palm island - Blue-Throated Macaw habitat

        Home of the only known 2003 breeding pair of Blue-Throated Macaws in the wild

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 4

 

    The lone 2003 pair of breeding Blue-Throated Macaws in the wild

        surveying their palm island (Isla Verde)

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 5

 

    Blue-Throated Macaw guarding the nest

 

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 6

 

   Blue-Throated Macaw at the nest cavity of the Belly Palm

    or Totai Palm (Attalea aculeata)

  

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 7

 

    Blue-Throated Macaw pair guarding their nest in the wild,

        Isla Verde, Bolivia

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 8

 

     Adult emerging from the nest after feeding the chick

        (The only known chick in the wild 2002-2003)

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 9

   

    Adult emerging from nest after feeding the chick

        (The only known chick in the wild 2002-2003)

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 10

 

    Adult preparing to fly from the nest cavity

 

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 11

 

    Adult surveying the outside of nest cavity for

        safety prior to entering the nest

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 12

      

     Adult surveying the outside of nest cavity for

        safety prior to entering the nest

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 13

 

    Adult in the nest cavity with the chick

 

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 14

 

    Adult surveying the outside of nest cavity for

        safety prior to entering the nest

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 15

 

    Adult emerging from the nest after feeding the chick

 

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 16

 

   Motaci Palm fruit (Attalea princeps)

    Main food source of the Blue-Throated Macaw

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 17

 

   Motaci Palm fruit (Attalea princeps)

    Main food source of the Blue-Throated Macaw

 

 

 

 

Blue-Throated Macaw 18

 

   Blue-Throated Macaw habitat,

    A palm island in the Beni Department, Bolivia