Endangered Macaws

A pair of scarlet macaws that are part of a breeding program sit in the ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species in La Garita, Costa Rica, Jan. 29, 2008. Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time in Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.

Scarlet macaws that are part of a breeding program sit in a flight cage Tuesday, April 15, 2008 as they learn to live in an open environment before being released into the wild at the San Josecito Project Site for the release of scarlet macaws near Palo Blanco National Park on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.

People ride in kayak Monday, April 14, 2008, in a region where scarlet macaws are released as part of a breeding program for the endangered bird near Palo Blanco National Park on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.

A pair of scarlet macaws that are part of a breeding program sit in a cage at the ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species in La Garita, Costa Rica, Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2008.

A scarlet macaw that is part of a breeding program looks at its nest in the ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species in La Garita, Costa Rica, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008.

A scarlet macaw that is part of a breeding program looks after its eggs at the ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species in La Garita, Costa Rica, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008.

A scarlet macaw chick that is part of a breeding program breaks through its shell at the ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species in La Garita, Costa Rica, Thursday, April 24, 2008.

Biologist Laura Fournier examines a day-old scarlet macaw chick that is part of a breeding program at the ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species in La Garita, Costa Rica, Thursday, April 24, 2008.

Three-week-old scarlet macaw chicks sit in an incubator as part of a breeding program at the ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species in La Garita, Costa Rica, Thursday, April 10, 2008.

Flight feathers begin to emerge on a three-week-old scarlet macaw chick that is part of a breeding program at the ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species in La Garita, Costa Rica, Thursday, April 24, 2008.

Biologist Laura Fournier examines the flight feathers of a four-week-old scarlet macaw chick that is part of a breeding program at the ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species in La Garita, Costa Rica, Thursday, April 10, 2008.

A scarlet macaw that is part of a breeding program sits in the ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species in La Garita, Costa Rica, Jan. 29, 2008. Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time in Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.

Scarlet macaws that are part of a breeding project fly in a flight cage Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at the San Josecito Project Site for the release of scarlet macaws near Palo Blanco National Park on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.

A pair of scarlet macaw sit in the ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species in La Garita, Costa Rica, Jan. 29, 2008.

A scarlet macaw that is part of a breeding program sits in the jungle Tuesday, April 15, 2008, after being released from captivity at the San Josecito Project Site for the release of scarlet macaws near Palo Blanco National Park on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.

A mating pair of scarlet macaws that are part of a breeding program fly Tuesday, April 15, 2008, as they are released in the jungle at the San Josecito Project Site for the Release of Scarlet Macaws near Palo Blanco National Park on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.