Springtime Overflowing in Aviary 4

That Saturday in February, the little forest of aviary 4 woke to a different kind of energy. Omar Enrique Berdugo Cabeza felt it from the very first walkthrough: the air smelled of mating season. The chejas B222 and B104 were grooming each other slowly, feather by feather, with the quiet ease that only exists between those who know each other well. A few meters away, at the feeding stations, the loros amazona B03 and B01 were mating with complete indifference to the world, and near the classroom area, three pairs of loritos were doing the same — though with considerably less tranquility: three males competing all at once for a single female, tangled in that joyful chaos the season always brings. In the middle of all that commotion, lorito B73 decided that Omar looked suspicious. It came flying straight at him — territorial, jealous, ruffled with indignation — and pulled up just before making contact. No attack. Just a close-range warning, close enough for Omar to see, mere centimeters away, what it means to be a free bird living fully. Three species, one small forest, and a morning the keeper described without hesitation: magnificent.