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Do the Macaws prefer rural or suburban areas?

July 27, 2005 — Filed in: News from City Parrots

Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) sitting next to a tv dish

The farm where these birds are fed is just in the rural area. From there they have the choice to fly into an extensive wildlife reserve or to fly into town. Funny enough they are mostly observed flying into town. Even popping up in the down town shopping centre. We suspect this is because most fruit baring trees are situated in urban areas. But they are also observed in the more rural parts of the area and in the wildlife reserve. They range for several miles.
Outside of the breeding season they are very hard to track. Most days they roost close to the nest but beyond that we rely on fluke observations and a network of birders that gracefully report sightings of them.

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