B173 Crossed the Wire into the Wild

This April 22nd, Alejandro walked the sanctuary's trails with his camera over one shoulder, and the day gave him everything. The most significant moment came at aviario #1: the Amazonian parrot B173 FL-VN was released. Before departing, the bird rested calmly on a metal perch, its green medallion hanging at its throat as if it already knew this was the last photograph inside the mesh. Then — the forest. Just a few steps away, B214 FL-VN keeps its own calendar. Green with yellow flecks on the head and red at the wings, this individual watches the world from its enclosure while moving through rehabilitation — the time hasn't come yet, but the plumage says everything it needs to say. Further along the trail, two Amazonian parrots rested on an elevated wooden platform amid the dense growth, indifferent to the bustle around them, as though they had been lords of the place for weeks. At the far end of one of the paths, a nest box hangs from a metal structure tucked among the foliage, waiting. The afternoon light was filtering through the trees when Alejandro photographed it: quiet, ready, placed there for whenever someone decides that this corner of the world might also become home.