Thurs, 9 Feb -- Part 2
The Macaw Mountain Bird Park and Nature Reserve
i saw all i needed of The Sepulturas and walked back to the Ruins and found Darwin again. he took me up a horrible rutty, dusty, road to the Macaw Mountain Bird Sanctuary; and said he would return in 1 hr to take me back ... 60Limperas. after the ride up that road, i felt it was well worth it ! here is a picture of the town of Copan from up on that mountain
what a treat the Bird Sanctuary was !!!!!!!! i am so glad i didn't miss it. it is a very well maintained beautiful bird sanctuary. healthy birds and plants, all clearly named, with beautiful, wheel-chair accessible, walkways. overlooking the river
it was awesome. they are doing a wonderful job there of breeding and reintroducing the native Scarlet Macaw birds back into the area.
it is a 5-10 year project to return free-flying Macaws to the Copan Valley. This aviary was home to the 5 scarlet macaws involved in the initial release effort. 3 were born here in the last 2 yrs and 2 were donated adult birds that underwent recuperation here. the group was released at the ruins on 23 July 2011 by the Vice President of Honduras. This aviary will be used yearly to familiarize the birds with each other, to develop their flying ability and strength prior to release at the Ruins.
The initial release will add genetic diversity to the group at the Ruins. it will be followed in 6-8 months by the release of any babies born here this year.
of course they have butterflies too
and pretty flowers
and also some other birds that they are rehabilitating for possible release.
... when this owl closed his eyes,
his eye lids are white ... weird looking ...
and imagine how surprised i was to see one of our own Great Horned Owls ...
this pretty boy was very friendly and talkative ...
these are called Heliconias
the markings around this birds eyes are incredible ...
at the end of the walkway, they have a place where you can interact with the birds ...
so interact i did :)
i met a young guy from Germany who was equally impressed with this Park. he said he had walked up there ... i was shocked until he told me that there was an easier way than the way i came. they are paving the original road, so traffic has to go a long round about detour up the mountain to get to the Sanctuary. if you walk, it's much easier. but i waited for Darwin, who arrived and dutifully returned me to Central Park in Copan.
i returned to the hotel to try to upload some photos; but it was agonizingly slow. i decided to go back to Twisted Tanya's because last night the internet was super fast. .... well, .. that was last night. must be the internet in the entire village is slow tonight. after eating, i gave up.
there is a Aguas Calientes (Hot Springs) about 12miles away; and a spa type hotel as well. you can go there for a day, so i thought i'd try to do that tomorrow. i stopped at the Via Via Hostel to ask if they had a group going to the Hot Springs tomorrow. that's about all that is left that i want to see/do in Copan. they had nothing scheduled and said to try back in the morning ... unless i wanted to do my own tour for US$50 ....
that was a very long day :)
what a treat the Bird Sanctuary was !!!!!!!! i am so glad i didn't miss it. it is a very well maintained beautiful bird sanctuary. healthy birds and plants, all clearly named, with beautiful, wheel-chair accessible, walkways. overlooking the river
it was awesome. they are doing a wonderful job there of breeding and reintroducing the native Scarlet Macaw birds back into the area.
it is a 5-10 year project to return free-flying Macaws to the Copan Valley. This aviary was home to the 5 scarlet macaws involved in the initial release effort. 3 were born here in the last 2 yrs and 2 were donated adult birds that underwent recuperation here. the group was released at the ruins on 23 July 2011 by the Vice President of Honduras. This aviary will be used yearly to familiarize the birds with each other, to develop their flying ability and strength prior to release at the Ruins.
The initial release will add genetic diversity to the group at the Ruins. it will be followed in 6-8 months by the release of any babies born here this year.
of course they have butterflies too
and pretty flowers
and also some other birds that they are rehabilitating for possible release.
... when this owl closed his eyes,
his eye lids are white ... weird looking ...
and imagine how surprised i was to see one of our own Great Horned Owls ...
this pretty boy was very friendly and talkative ...
these are called Heliconias
the markings around this birds eyes are incredible ...
at the end of the walkway, they have a place where you can interact with the birds ...
so interact i did :)
i met a young guy from Germany who was equally impressed with this Park. he said he had walked up there ... i was shocked until he told me that there was an easier way than the way i came. they are paving the original road, so traffic has to go a long round about detour up the mountain to get to the Sanctuary. if you walk, it's much easier. but i waited for Darwin, who arrived and dutifully returned me to Central Park in Copan.
i returned to the hotel to try to upload some photos; but it was agonizingly slow. i decided to go back to Twisted Tanya's because last night the internet was super fast. .... well, .. that was last night. must be the internet in the entire village is slow tonight. after eating, i gave up.
there is a Aguas Calientes (Hot Springs) about 12miles away; and a spa type hotel as well. you can go there for a day, so i thought i'd try to do that tomorrow. i stopped at the Via Via Hostel to ask if they had a group going to the Hot Springs tomorrow. that's about all that is left that i want to see/do in Copan. they had nothing scheduled and said to try back in the morning ... unless i wanted to do my own tour for US$50 ....
that was a very long day :)
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