The aviary is named in honor of longtime zoo supporter Jenny Boyd and her beloved parrot, Max. His memory will live on as guests experience the wonder of macaws and learn about th ...

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One of the macaws trained with the free-flight technique, in São Simão, making one of its first flights. Image courtesy of Chris Biro. For the method to be successful, however, the birds need to ...

with their 120-meter diameter blades – a known threat to birds in flight – were being built in a nesting region for the Lear’s macaw, a bright blue parrot also known as the indigo macaw ...