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  1. Nearbynature photo contest: I live in Peru and took this photo of a large macaw clay lick in the Amazon rainforest. Every morning hundreds of macaws and parrots come to the clay lick to eat clay which helps neutralize their bodies of toxins that they may have ingested from eating other plants and also gives them th...

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  2. www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1274990 Will open in a new tab or window Macaws eat a variety of foods including fruits, palm fruits, nuts, seeds, leaves, flowers, and stems. Wild species may forage widely, over 100 km (62 mi) for some of the larger species such as Ara araurana (blue & yellow macaw) and Ara ambigua (great green macaw), in...

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  3. The world's largest known mineral clay lick, where hundreds of parrots and macaws of up to 15 species congregate daily to ingest the detoxifying clay, is located less than 500 meters from the Tambopata Research Center. The 1994 National Geographic article on macaws begins with a vivid description of their activity a...

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  4. These are the buildings at Zazu's. The one to the left is the Macaw free flight building. There the birds are in a heated well lit building with trees and toys, where they are allowed to fly freely. (Currently Zazu's is looking for someone who would volunteer to build a waterfall for the birds to bath in so it will b...

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  5. This is the special needs home for Amazon, African Grey and Macaw Parrots. These birds have come from personal homes or other shelters taht could no l0nger care for them. They need special medical care and lots of love. Unfortunately I started this as a 360 but ran out of card space and then out of time. These are be...

  6. Macaw Clay Lick in Tambopata Peru Despite the fact that western scientists have known about clay lick use for over thirty years, our knowledge of clay lick use is still far from complete. In general there is still debate over why birds use the clay licks. While there is documented evidence that the clay in the soil ...