Scarlet macaws born in captivity now reproduce in the wild

Описание: (26 May 2008) SHOTLIST :

Alajuela, province - April 2008
1. Various of macaws in park
2. Visitors in the ZooAve Park
3. Workers in park looking at macaw eggs
4. Close up of young macaws
5. Female macaw behind wire going into nesting area
6. Female macaw with egg
7. Worker looking in nest
8. Close up inside nest; torchlight on egg
9. Macaws in cage
10. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Federico Guillen, Executive of Fauna Freedom Mission : (approximately translation)
"This genetic reserve is here and its important to bring them back into the (wild) Silvestre environment. This integration is vital for the future preservation of this dying species "

11. Featherless baby macaw in nest
12. Macaws in a tree
13. Macaws with mixed juvenile and adult feathers in the nest
14. Various of macaw eating in cage

Piedras Blancas National Park - April 2008
15. Various of Piedras Blancas National Park where macaws are released
16. Set up of Macaw's Freedom and Conservation Project spokesman, Ronal Sibaja
17. ZooAve sign
18. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ronal Sibaja, Macaw's Freedom and Conservation Project spokesman :
"We are setting them free at this location because long time ago there were Scarlet Macaws at this area. They disappeared for many reasons, one of them deforestation"

19. Various of macaw being tagged and marked
20. Various of macaws being released
21. Macaw flying
22. Macaws living in forest
23. Worker filling tray with seeds and food for birds, hoisting it into tree
24. Various of macaws in forest
25. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Federico Guillen, Executive of Fauna Freedom Mission :
"I believe that the effort that has been done by ZooAve is nothing in comparison with what general public could do with a more positive attitude towards the Silvestre forest."

26. Workers observing released macaws
27. Various of birds in forest
28. Workers observing released macaws
29. Macaws flying

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Endangered scarlet (red) macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time in Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.

The ZooAve Centre for the Rescue of Endangered Species has released 100 of the birds into the wild in the last decade.

Biologists from the centre spotted the offspring in the wild last year.

Since then, they have recorded 22 chicks born in the wild, and four more scarlet macaw couples have laid eggs, according to the centre.

It's good news for the conservationists who have been breeding the birds in captivity.

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They are the most recognisable parrots, with bright red plumage and rainbow colours on their wings

Scarlet macaws once occupied all of Costa Rica.

But hunting and poaching dramatically cut their population, and they are now found only in two national parks along the coast.

The ZooAve breeding centre, located in the province of Alajuela in the Costa Rican Central Valley, is home to some 115 species of birds.

Federico Guillen, Executive of Fauna Freedom Mission at ZooAve says the macaws at the centre represent a genetic bank and it is important to reintroduce the species back into the wild.

At ZooAve the eggs are observed carefully until the birth of the baby birds.

The tiny creatures are kept in the nest boxes until they are able to feed by themselves.

Then, they are separated of their parents and live in special cages where they can learn how to fly.

After some months they become a social group.


There, they learn how to eat their food in a natural way by using the forest supplies.





Once they are released the birds at first stay close to the reserve.











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