“Mario’s harness released a pained creak as he climbed one of Costa Rica’s towering mountain almond trees. Dangling 130 feet above the forest floor, he peered into a tree cavity and found two pinkish chicks, bald except for sporadic fuzz. As the Great Green Macaw Field Leader for the Macaw Recovery Network (MRN), one of WCN’s newest Conservation Partners, Mario Jiménez regularly scales trees in search of macaw nests. Together with his team of volunteers, he was carrying out a study to track young macaw movements and analyze their genetics to find what might be preventing them from flourishing in the wild.”
Finding Answers for Great Green Macaws – Wildlife Conservation Network (wildnet.org)