Gabriela Vigo Trauco

Every end is a new beginning Today was the end of Parker's stay in our nursery ….but it was also his first day as a wild macaw chick in the amazon rainforest!.After a few uncertain moments in the e...

We are happy to announce that we have reached to our fundraising campaign goal. Thank you so much to all of our donors for your generosity. After working so hard for so many years on the study and ...

A tale of two nests and one chickSome macaw chicks are destined to die. That was the case ofIndy; born third in the Mandy Lu nest. As all other macaw chicks that hatch thirdin their broods, their p...

Sunday morning. Our “Nursery team” is starting to feel the exhaustion from having a new hatchling in the house. Feedings every 2 hours around the clock…day and night. What day is today? Liz asked h...

The Thanksgiving Gift.We do not normally celebrate Thanksgiving in Peru. For the macaw assistants, it is just another normal day in the rainforest: wake up early. Climb trees to check on macaw chic...

Our first chick of the season...is here!!Today, at nine in the morning, our team was ready to go and check on the Mandy Lu nest. It was its "due date". Plastic bucket in hand, hot water bottle and ...

One more time, the story beginsOver the past few months, we have slowly started to see the return of Scarlet macaws to the nests around The Tambopata Research Center. Since mid-October, successful ...

One last day, one last push!Today is the last day of our campaign.We could not be more thankful to all our supporters; people who helped our project either by spreading the word or by giving a volu...

“Walker” was the first “Third Chick” of the season that we brought home. We did not post about his arrival mainly because we were really worried about him. We took him out of his nest late in the a...