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A picture of the moment I fell in love with parrots

This picture was taken the day I began liking parrots. I am at a macaw rescue foundation, Amigos de las Aves, in Costa Rica. It's December, 2004. A half hour earlier was the first time I even touched a parrot, and that was because one of the foundation owners took my hand and pushed it towards a bird. In this picture, I am in a large outdoor aviary. I have peanuts in my hand, which the macaws noticed right away. This particular macaw flew and landed right on my head. The owner took him away, but he flew right back and landed on my shoulder. I fed him peanuts, which made him very happy. I 'hung out' with this bird for quite a while, and cried when I had to leave him. I named him 'Peanut', and he is the reason I like birds today :-)