Macaw Mountain

Warning this post may contain an excessive amount of colour! We are now in Honduras and today we visited Macaw Mountain. This place blends the definition of wild and captive but for a good reason. It is a site to breed and release Scarlet Macaws into the wild. It is also a rehabilitation centre for injured or previously captive birds.

There were birds in cages - very large cages (much better than UK bird parks I would say) but all the pictures attached are of wild or at least free flying birds which have now been released.

We saw mostly bird species we have seen before on this trip but some allowed much better photos. Tomorrow we plan to visit the Mayan ruins which make Copan famousRead more