By Alejandro Rigatuso, Fundador y Director de Fundación Loros
There are places in the reserve that the whole team knows by heart — the gates that creak at dawn, the paths memorized through years of walking — but that, until now, existed on no map. The Tamarindo sector was one of them. This afternoon, Nicolás passed along three precise coordinates to Alejandro: the entrance, the exit, and the cage that serves as a reference point within the sector. Three simple points, but enough for Tamarindo to finally have coordinates of its own.
There were no sightings to recount, no releases to celebrate. Only the quiet work of those who build the sanctuary's invisible infrastructure: the data that makes it possible to find your bearings, plan routes, and leave a record of what exists across these 520 hectares near Cartagena. A map that grows — even if only three points at a time.
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.
