By Alejandro Rigatuso, Fundador y Director de Fundación Loros
Somewhere between the canopy and the coordinates —10.4347, -75.2426, where Alejandro marked the spot from the field— Nicolás is setting up a new enclosure for the ARA program. There is a tree at that location, or so they believe, and for that reason the exact position needed to be confirmed before taking the work for granted. This is how the Fundación operates: first the map, then the hammer.
The enclosure is designed to house around twenty macaw individuals —blue-and-yellow or scarlet, depending on what the assessment confirms: Ara ararauna or Ara macao—. Twenty parrots of the kind that fill the sky with noise and color, birds that need space to recover before they can fly free again. The installation is still underway, and the point on the map remains pending verification.
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.
