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Viva Amazonia! The story of our October 2013 Amazon Project told anew. Oppressive heat and humidity? Check! Giant bugs? Check! Piranhas, caimans, anacondas, torrential thunderstorms, and mysterious illnesses? Checkcheckcheckcheckcheck! A perspective-challenging experience with memories that will deeply change one's future? Absolutely.

#amazon #amazon rainforest #amazon river basin #xingu river #xingu people #arara azul #Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus #hyacinth macaw #Macaw #Freeflight #blue and gold macaw #blue and yellow macaw #conure #golden conure #toucan #toco toucan #write your own story #do more #conservation

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Stunt Flying Macaws at the ABI Ranch

#Macaw #Freeflight #animal trainer #animal training #zookeeper #parrot #parrots #san diego #hyacinth macaw #greenwing macaw #blue and gold macaw #military macaw #arara azul #Ara Militaris #ara ararauna #ara chloptera #Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

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#owl #flight #freeflight #falconry #Eurasian eagle owl

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Favorite shot.

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Flights with Cleo, the Eurasian Eagle Owl, in the hills of ABI.

#owl #Eurasian eagle owl #Freeflight #animal trainer #animal training #bird #bubo bubo

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One handsome dude, Kipling

#southern ground hornbill #Bucorvus leadbeateri #hornbill #bird

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Little toucan sunbathing!

#toucan #aracari #curl crested aracari #sun bathing

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My other favorite of the day: Indy taking a rest on the way home.

#military macaw #Ara Militaris #macaw #freeflight #parrot #bird #san diego

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One of my favorites of the day: Hiking with the macaws. Adventures in Freeflying

#macaw #freeflight

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Take off

#macaws #Freeflight

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Felix landing

#blue and gold macaw #greenwing macaw #ara ararauna #ara chloptera #Freeflight #macaws #parrots

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The reds, Luca and Balboa

#ara chloptera #greenwing macaw #Macaw #arara

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Leo in for a landing

#hyacinth macaw #Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus #Freeflight #wings #birds #parrots #macaws #Macaw #bird #parrot #arara azul

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Felix

#ara ararauna #blue and gold macaw #blue and yellow macaw #macaw #bird #parrot #freeflight #birds #parrots

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It was a crazy day of bathing beauties at the ranch today. Even - or especially - the snowy owl was into it. Luca and Leo, the macaws, are crazy about this Atom toy and love to dangle from it while they shower. I could watch their glee all day.

#Macaw #hyacinth macaw #Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus #ara chloptera #cockatoo #snowy owl #owl #bird baths #summer days #san diego

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It seems you can find a thousand quotes regarding the character of someone who shares their lives with parrots, most notably that of Mark Twain. Most of those punchlines are those that simply refer to those types of women that keep a parrot in their living rooms…. What of those who make their living surrounded by feathered creatures every waking moment?

The truth is, there is never so much peace in my life as when I am in the company of birds. Every emotion is palpable, communication flows honestly and freely… almost as if the unspoken words, the hum of life takes on a deafening volume. When they let me into their world, I grow light with a surge of energy watching their wings eat up the skies before softly landing on my hand through a carefully built history of trust, empowerment, and respect.  They ask to be mauled like puppies, they offer their favorite tidbits, and share life’s intimacies with the same ease as offering a handshake. It’s good to be in this crowd.

#greenwing macaw #ara chloptera #mark twain #Freeflight #bird #birds #parrots #macaws #nature #animal trainer #animal training

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Indy, in her various permutations

#military macaw #ara militaris #Freeflight #free birds #birds #bird #parrots #parrot #feathers