Now that I’ve signed up for La Ruta, the 3 day mountain bike race from the Pacific to the Caribbean in Costa Rica, I have to start learning how to ride a bike again and gain some level of fitness! Most of the tourism places in Bonito rent mountain bikes and after finding one for $12 a day I was off on a mission to get dirty.
I was only 7km out of town standing against a fence photographing smaller birds when 2 huge parrots flew right by my head, did a loop around me and then settled on the fence four feet from where I was standing. I had never seen a Red-and-Green Macaw and a Blue-and-Gold Macaw together before and having them so close to me was pretty special.
Posing perfectly for the camera – seems like a natural
But before any more photographs I have to eat grass
Perfect!
Hadn’t noticed before but the Blue-and-Gold Macaw is considerably smaller than its Red-and-Green cousin
Not sure what he’s thinking but he keeps looking at my rented bike and the shiny reflector hanging from the handlebars
He is now determined to get the front reflector off to decorate his nest
Off it comes and with a beak that size it stood no chance!
Yeah, I know I’m super handsome
…and now I’m going to destroy it!
Just after this shot he flew off with the damn thing in his beak. Now I have to explain to the rental company how a macaw stole the reflector!
I couldn’t believe they were so close
June 8th 2013
