Macaws Being Playful

Macaws are wonderful birds. Especially when they're young! Wishes is a Red Fronted Macaw and she has a family flock. She is relegated to a cage downstairs (where the big birds reside) and her companions are upstairs in the corner room. Wishes called out to them and they to her. Once I installed her in the middle of the upper room with her flock, she and they settled down and reassured each other.

I also must show Sierra, another young macaw. She plays like a puppy when on the bed and climbs and hangs like a monkey when she is on the ropes. Macaws can be taught to use their beaks gently. Sierra uses hers almost like a hand as she grips me and we wrestle and play.

Macaws are a hands-on kind of bird. They have a loud air horn call that can be unnerving. But it's usually only used to communicate alarm or excitement. Of course, being the intelligent creatures that they are, macaws can certainly learn to use their loudness to provoke a response from any passerby.