Mark Hagen’s Photojournal
The Majestic Birds of Costa Rica

ARA

Row of breeding cages.

A pair of breeding Scarlet Macaws.

Great Green Macaw pair bonding cage

Chris Castles feeding Great Green Macaw in cage.

Group of Great Green Macaws in the shade.

Group of Great Green Macaws soaking up sunshine.

Trio of Great Green Macaws.

Scarlet Macaws in pair bonding cage.

More Scarlet Macaws in pair bonding cage.

Fleet of Scarlet Macaws in pair bonding cage.

Central American Scarlet Macaw is slightly smaller and has more yellow colour on wing coverts compared to South American counterpart, which has more green on wing

Awesome photo of Great Green Macaw in flight

Great Green Macaw soaring overhead.

Zoo Ave

Spotting an extremely rare (1 in 10,000) Lutino Red Lored Amazon Natural Mutation at Zoo Ave, a wildlife rescue centre located near ARA Project.

Closeup of Red Lored Amazon Natural Mutation’s back.

Unique Lutino Red-Lored Amazon trimming its toe nails

Rare all-yellow Lutino Red-Lored Amazon, known locally as Lora Albina Amazona Autumnalis.

Closeup of Red Lored Amazon Natural Mutation.

El Manantial

Scarlet Macaws flying free.

Scarlet Macaws dive-bombing towards feeding station.

Male Scarlet Macaw feeding female for pair bonding. Male was captive bred at El Manantial.

Closeup of feather outline of pair jostling in tree above me.

Closeup of Scarlet Macaw on palm frond.

Scarlet Macaws at nesting site, one of a dozen nesting sites at the centre. All nesting sites were occupied by a pair of Scarlets, indicating a successful breeding program.

Closeup of Scarlet Macaw. Dietary requirements obviously being met, as there were no stress bars on feathers, and excellent coloration from wild fruit pigments

Supplemental feeding station

Supplemental feeding station

Supplemental feeding station

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