Wednesday, April 22, 2026
A Feast of Mangoes in the Afternoon
By Alejandro Rigatuso, Fundador y Director de Fundación Loros
Some scenes need very little explaining. Omar knew this when he raised the camera and simply pressed record: parrots among the mango-heavy branches, pecking at the ripe fruit with that precision of theirs, letting rinds and seeds fall to the sanctuary floor.
Four videos arrived from the field, and in every one the same quiet story repeats itself — the green of the feathers, the yellow and red of the mango, the dull sound of beaks at work. No more words were needed than the ones Alejandro sent: "Parrots eating mangoes, there's nothing more beautiful."
He's right.
About the author
Alejandro Rigatuso · Fundador y Director de Fundación Loros
Alejandro Rigatuso arrived at Fundación Loros after years as Vice President of Growth Marketing at Toptal, bringing with him an unconventional perspective: he knows an animal is well by its eyes, "bright, wide open." Lorenzo, the first parrot released, recaptured several times and always set free to fly again, marked him forever. At dusk, around five-thirty, you'll find him at the Mirador de las Ciénagas or wandering around Cerro El Peligro, envisioning observation towers and hundreds of native parrots soaring over a reserve that an entire community calls their own.