Our first macaw chick in Tambopata
We are back from our first nest check expedition in the upper Tambopata River, and we have great news. Our first macaw chicks of the season are here!!
It hatched in the nest PUKAKURO, one of the 14 artificial nest boxes that we monitore in the upper Tambopata River.
For three years in a row, this nest is our first nest with macaw chicks in the area. Once again, the same breeding pair: Tambo and Pata are vigorously defending it since early October.
Tambo, the nesting female, was born in HUGO nest, one of our next boxes, back in 2011. She is the offspring of TABASCO, one of the macaws that was reintroduced in the area back in the early 90′.
So far this breeding season, we have five chicks in three different nests and three more nests with eggs. Let’s see what this breeding season has for us!
