Monday, March 9, 2026
Rain Out of Place in Los Guardianes
By Alejandro Rigatuso, Fundador y Director de Fundación Loros
In the first days of March, Eder — a member of the livestock team at Fundación Loros — raised his camera in the sector known as Los Guardianes and captured something that had no business being there: rain. It wasn't the first time. Since February, the sanctuary has been receiving rainfall during months that, as a rule, pass dry — without that murmur of water over the canopy, without that smell of wet earth that shifts the whole character of the reserve.
Eder described it as a rarity, and that simple word carries real weight. The climatic calendar the team knows by heart — the dry months, the wet ones, the months of transition — seems to have slipped out of place. What he recorded on video is not simply water falling: it is a signal that this year's rainy season may arrive broader and earlier than usual.
For now, Los Guardianes holds the moisture of that March afternoon. Eder's footage remains in the field log for what it is: a small detail that may, in time, prove significant.
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.