It’s been more than a month since I posted any Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao). Here’s a pair that flew overhead while I was walking on the beach near Carate in 2004, and I was lucky enough to get a decent snapshot. I always feel lucky when I hear their exuberant call and see their flashing red color against the blue of the sky or the green of the forest.

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Two scarlet macaws fly overhead at the beach near Carate on the Osa Peninsula.

It’s been a year since I finished daily sketches, a project to draw and post a picture every day in 2011. The best part about that blog was the unexpected way that it connected me to friends and family. While I won’t have time to make a sketch every day in 2013, I think I will have a few minutes to post a photograph, video, or drawing, about the wilderness of Costa Rica. I’ve visited Costa Rica more than half a dozen times over the last decade, and I hope you will enjoy these daily glimpses into the abundant wildlife that lives there.

Scarlet Macaws, also known as Lapas Rojas or Lapas Coloradas are my favorite bird in Costa Rica. It is common to see them and hear their loud squawks in the rainforest, ranchland, and beaches of the Osa Peninsula. Like great friends and family, they stick together for life!

A pair of scarlet macaws in a tree along the road near Puerto Jimenez.

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