By Alejandro Rigatuso, Fundador y Director de Fundación Loros
Omar found him without much searching: there was B214, settled at the feeding station in the small woodland near Casa del Paraíso as though he had owned the place for years. The parrot — one of the individuals from the released group being monitored at the reserve — showed no particular urge to venture further. He ate in the morning, ate at midday, and kept on eating through the afternoon.
There is something that brings a smile, and something quietly reassuring, in the image of this animal who simply decided that this shaded corner full of fruit was world enough for the day. Alejandro put it better than anyone: "this one's going to get fat right there at the feeder." The team has video documentation of the sighting — a still postcard of B214 making the most of every visit to the dish, unhurried, at his own pace.
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.
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