B29 and the Water Station in the Shade

On Sunday, March 29th, at half past seven in the morning, the macaw B29 appeared alone among the branches of an almond tree. She was calm, the way someone is when they have nowhere to be, while a few visitors photographed her from below. That stillness of the early hours — before the heat starts pressing down — is one of the few things the field offers for free. Later, Omar Enrique Berdugo Cabeza made his way to the Uvita tree to do what he always does: check the water station he himself had installed, and refill it with clean, cool water. It is not a spectacular gesture, but it is one of those quiet acts of care that hold the work of the reserve together. Omar made sure the container sat well in the shade, because out here, near Cartagena, the sun is unforgiving and lukewarm water serves no one. B29 spent the entire sighting alone. No visible company — but with fresh water waiting for her in the Uvita.