Twelve Macaws managed to leave artificial nests in the 2023 season
The nesting and breeding season of macaws 2023 ended in Punta Leona with the flight of the last of the chicks that were in the artificial nest called Panama. This happened on June 14, which concludes a very productive cycle. We are grateful for the efforts of Dr. Christopher Vaughan, creator of the Conservation Program, […]
Scarlet macaw could be declared national symbol of Costa Rica
The initiative was taken by Punta Leona to the Legislative Assembly, and thanks to the efforts of Congressman Alejandro Pacheco of the PUSC it was possible to present the Bill, whose file number is No. 23737. We believe that the scarlet macaw (Ara macao) should be a national symbol for its beauty, its ability to […]
See how our Macaws have grown this season
The nesting and reproduction season of scarlet macaws this year 2023 started full of unknowns and worries, because what is supposed to start in October-November, started to happen only in January-February. However, as the weeks went by, the natural life cycle of the macaws began to take place as we know it and both artificial […]
Punta Leona participated in Symposium to discuss the creation of a biological connectivity route
We want to replicate a news item from our friends at Macaw Lodge, located in Bijagual, who organized a meeting to discuss the creation of a Biological Corridor that will benefit not only the passage of wildlife species in the area, but also tourism and the community. Punta Leona actively participated in the meeting, as […]
More than 1,500 students learn to protect the scarlet macaw with Punta Leona
Students from more than 50 schools located in communities of Garabito, Bijagual, Puriscal, Tárcoles, Guacalillo, among others, will benefit from the environmental education course to learn how to protect scarlet macaws, learn about their importance in the ecosystem and the community, among others. The course is achieved through an educational book with coloring pictures and […]
2022 Scarlet macaw season concluded with 12 chicks hatching from the nest
The Punta Leona Macaw Conservation Program had a very successful breeding season during 2022, as we had the opportunity to monitor a total of 34 eggs, 20 chicks and 12 hatchlings in our artificial nests, which today are flying high in the skies of Punta Leona and Garabito. The last of the chicks, which hatched […]
We spoke with Dr. Christopher Vaughan about the current status of the Macaw conservation program.
The scarlet macaw is the most widely distributed of the 17 macaw species found from southwestern Mexico to northern Bolivia. Most of the Mexican and Central America subspecies is endangered. In Costa Rica, the scarlet macaw originally ranged in many forested habitats from sea level to about 1500 meters altitude on both slopes. However, loss […]
Punta Leona expands its Macaw conservation program to Orotina
On December 22nd we placed an artificial nest for scarlet macaws at the Colegio Técnico Profesional de San Mateo de Orotina, which is part of the scarlet macaw conservation program that we started in 1994 under the direction of Dr. Christopher Vaughan. According to local residents, scarlet macaws have not been seen in the area […]
