Pictures of Macaws in Peru

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Click here if you are interested in see all the pictures for this topic -- including ones that did not make the cut. Macaws gather by the hundreds at clay licks in the Amazon rainforest. The clay provides macaws with minerals -- especially sodium -- while helping to counter dietary toxins ingested during the comsuption of immature seeds,w hich are often chemically protected by midly toxic compounds. Further, the clay lick offers social opportunities akin to a singles bar for macaws.

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ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) in flight Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Cobalt-winged Parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on clay wall with Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Entire clay lick Blue-and-yellow macaws, Scarlet macaws, and parrots on clay lick Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) Large group of parrots and macaws flying Green-and-red macaw feeding on 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