Tree Climb and Macaw Chick Extraction from the Ceiba Tree Nest

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  • Опубліковано 27 гру 2024
  • Climbing trees in the rainforest to reach the Macaw nests was one of the best parts of being part of the Tambopata Macaw Project, and this is what I did when I climbed this 30+ meter Ceiba Tree to get to the Macaw chick (and angry mom) waiting at the top.
    This climb was one of my favorites, since you can see all across the Tambopata River. Sadly, due to flooding this tree lost its support, and fell into the river not too long ago. BUT the chick inside fledged before it happened, so no worries. the ENORMOUS Tambopata river in this video is only one tiny part of the Amazon River system, which when seeing this, puts in to perspective on how massive the total amount of fresh water is in the Amazon; something that can support the incredibly amount of life found in the rainforest.
    In this case the mom decided to stay in the nest during the whole climb; most of them usually fly away, but a few learn that the best (and most annoying) place for them to be is in the nest. The chick can still be extracted, but it requires a carefull use of a towel to protect me, but more importantly the chick and the mother. In this video I used the towel to protect my left hand as I coaxed the mother to the back and a little up the wall. While holding up the towel as a shield, I was able to protect my right hand as I reached in to grab the chick, and while squirming and grabbing, still able to get him safely in the bucket. If there's something wrong, or getting to the chick proves to difficult or dangerous, we never took them out in that case.

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  • @BodaciousBen1
    @BodaciousBen1  3 роки тому +10

    Before you comment, I encourage you to watch the video to its end, the chick gets placed back in its nest, just like every time we went up to check on them. This was part of a research and rehab project to study Scarlett Macaw's ability to raise young, myself and the project are in staunch opposition to poaching birds for the pet trade, or for any other reason. Thank you for the support from the people who have watched this in full and understand what we try to do!

  • @swelone7959
    @swelone7959 4 роки тому +5

    Your doing such a great job 💗🙂 please keep it up, earth needs people like you

    • @safooraiqbal8881
      @safooraiqbal8881 3 роки тому

      Yeah but if someone kept you in a room how would you feel

    • @swelone7959
      @swelone7959 3 роки тому

      @@safooraiqbal8881 you probably don't really get what's this video about, do you? Read description if you still don't know what's this person job about.

  • @BilalAhmed-il8bl
    @BilalAhmed-il8bl 4 роки тому +4

    Good work bro👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗♥️🤗🤗♥️🤗♥️♥️🤗♥️🤗♥️🤗♥️🤗🤗♥️♥️🤗♥️🤗♥️🤗👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

  • @ligayaespiritu1346
    @ligayaespiritu1346 4 роки тому +3

    Wait so you stayed up there for another 40 mins???

  • @superanimalsbirds5666
    @superanimalsbirds5666 3 роки тому

    Nice video

  • @whynotnaveen
    @whynotnaveen 6 років тому +34

    what will you do with the chick? Why don't you just leave the wild bird live on its own?

    • @BodaciousBen1
      @BodaciousBen1  6 років тому +62

      The chicks in this nest and others the project manages are constantly monitored for parasites, growth deformities, and malnutrition. Although unfortunately it involves causing a lot of stress for the parents and the nestlings, it ultimately does them a lot more good than if they were left on their own. Sometimes it becomes difficult for the parents to find enough of the right food, so if that's the case we help them out.
      As well, all of this is being recorded on which methods are most successful, so in this relatively stable population we can tweak some things without having to worry about lasting damages. This is in order to find the best way to rehabilitate macaws in other populations that are more threatened or endangered.

    • @nznnazwin498
      @nznnazwin498 4 роки тому +1

      It's a nature so we can't do that

    • @tjocgamer2554
      @tjocgamer2554 4 роки тому +1

      Keep it as a pet :3

    • @kevinsamuel3167
      @kevinsamuel3167 4 роки тому +3

      @@tjocgamer2554 bro why are u cruel to wild animals by making them your pets. Instead go to a pet store a get from a breeder

    • @jessmynott5867
      @jessmynott5867 4 роки тому

      @@tjocgamer2554 parrots are emotionally and physically fragile and because of this they are very hard to keep as pets. hand reared ones are a little better because they are use to humans but they can still have issues too such as feather plucking which is a really common issue in hand reared birds and can be caused by a huge variety of things too such as sexual frustration , poor diet , boredom , stress , not enough sun light and so on

  • @rasheshjinwala4881
    @rasheshjinwala4881 5 років тому +7

    Excellent work... I appreciate your effort.... From India...

  • @vinayakchandran8560
    @vinayakchandran8560 5 років тому +7

    Is this the wild bird.
    If so how come it sits on a man-made nest

    • @maxkalada5951
      @maxkalada5951 5 років тому +4

      these parrots are capable of amazing things and can adjust to human help.

    • @bellablue7661
      @bellablue7661 4 роки тому

      Due to deforestation a lot of the birds’ nesting sites have been lost. People put the boxes up so that they still have a place to nest and raise their babies.

  • @syedmuzamil2044
    @syedmuzamil2044 4 роки тому +1

    I like your sound man

  • @the.beauty.of.feathers7738
    @the.beauty.of.feathers7738 5 років тому

    do you think after you take away the baby does the wants the baby

  • @briananuvattanachai6646
    @briananuvattanachai6646 4 роки тому

    Which country was this in? I know that the northern subspecies of scarlet macaw ranging from country to country in Central America can be listed from vulnerable to endangered. However the southern subspecies is pretty common in South America.

    • @BodaciousBen1
      @BodaciousBen1  4 роки тому

      This is at the Tambopata Research Center in the Madre de Dios rainforest of Peru. Thanks for the clarifying question!

    • @briananuvattanachai6646
      @briananuvattanachai6646 4 роки тому +1

      @@BodaciousBen1 is trapping parrots for the illegal pet trade a problem in Peru?

    • @BodaciousBen1
      @BodaciousBen1  4 роки тому

      @@briananuvattanachai6646 yes, very unfortunately it is. The problem is, in many developed countries, including the United States, the trafficking of wild parrots for the pet trade is illegal, however it is much cheaper to buy a poached bird off the black market than it is is to buy from a licensed breeder. That's why there's an economic incentive for the poaching to take place.

    • @briananuvattanachai6646
      @briananuvattanachai6646 4 роки тому +1

      @@BodaciousBen1 from what I read is that international illegal trade(with the exception of China, Indonesia, the UAE, and etc) is no longer the problem now it's domestic. For instance the red crowned amazon native to Mexico is listed as being the 4th most commonly found cage bird confiscated, the military macaw being the 5th. What parrot species have been affected by the illegal pet trade in Peru? I can only thing of one so far the blue headed macaw.

  • @sowmirhythm7630
    @sowmirhythm7630 4 роки тому +9

    Save birds man

  • @sirajshahid1491
    @sirajshahid1491 4 роки тому +4

    Good job man.
    Also very risky but I hope you like this work.
    I am extreme pet (bird) lover in Pakistan and I take care of my pets such as cocktail, gray parrot, love birds, flinches like my family. All parrots are hand tamed and talking since I hand feed them since birth and in return they love in a way I can't explain in words but it's amazing plus I don't caged them they freely roam around in whole house and I have given them special environment to enjoy nature aswell.
    My next target is macaws and cockatoo.
    For sure they need time and attention if any one can promise then it's fine to keep as per else not recommended.

  • @bellasmysingingmonstersent6317
    @bellasmysingingmonstersent6317 4 роки тому +2

    4:44 Scarlet!

  • @albeejoseph6896
    @albeejoseph6896 4 роки тому

    I was wondered of macaws from child hood. And i would like to care for them and make their population massive. So Sir, Benjamin Becker i would like to do this as a passion and profession so what steps should i take for this after my 12th grade and iam basically from India what course is it.

  • @msunniimtiazinformationcha313
    @msunniimtiazinformationcha313 4 роки тому

    Excellent job really I like it.

  • @galankgalank2900
    @galankgalank2900 4 роки тому

    good

  • @BirdsCollectionKarachi
    @BirdsCollectionKarachi 4 роки тому +1

    VERY Adventure video

  • @ahmedsbirdsanimals2719
    @ahmedsbirdsanimals2719 5 років тому +3

    I love this job 😍😍

  • @arvindkumarprajapati1
    @arvindkumarprajapati1 4 роки тому

    Brother I want to buy how much cost

  • @4Muna
    @4Muna 4 роки тому +3

    the good job man's in the comments..idk if it's sarcasm

  • @totalgaming3237
    @totalgaming3237 4 роки тому +1

    Macav is sale

  • @maxkalada5951
    @maxkalada5951 5 років тому +5

    good job, man

  • @공룡-w1x
    @공룡-w1x 4 роки тому +1

    Do people write comments without watching the video? He put the chick back to the nest in the video. It means that he is just checking up the chick for its sake. Why do people consider him as a cruel poacher.

  • @babusonask5372
    @babusonask5372 3 роки тому

    Hi

  • @taj682
    @taj682 5 років тому +1

    Price koto Ami nite chai

  • @bobbylee2985
    @bobbylee2985 6 років тому +3

    Dam thats a neat job

  • @s.g.m.interriorandfarmthur9548
    @s.g.m.interriorandfarmthur9548 3 роки тому

    Super

  • @maribethwheat7462
    @maribethwheat7462 Рік тому +1

    Waffle House
    Waffle 🧇
    Bacon 🥓
    Eggs 🍳
    French Toasts 🍞
    Milkshake 🥤
    Coke 🥤

  • @alisaheer2673
    @alisaheer2673 4 роки тому +2

    Boss i think you are feeding the chick..

  • @muhammadriduan1591
    @muhammadriduan1591 4 роки тому

    Dapet dari mane hutan mane

  • @ryanmichalski3490
    @ryanmichalski3490 4 роки тому

    Big clumsy baby macaw

  • @younischouhan59
    @younischouhan59 5 років тому +2

    😍😍😍😍

  • @jhoelyjhamilfloresmendoza3112
    @jhoelyjhamilfloresmendoza3112 4 роки тому +1

    Por un momento yo pensé que se lo quito al bebé guacamayo más bien se lo devolvió 👌👌👍👪

  • @safooraiqbal8881
    @safooraiqbal8881 3 роки тому

    You cant do that its wrong a macaws baby is not for playing for 40 mins

  • @maxkalada5951
    @maxkalada5951 4 роки тому +2

    good looking chick

  • @rehanaimran6055
    @rehanaimran6055 4 роки тому

    Wow macaw made a whole nesting box instead of of a nest

  • @sudhakarkantamaneni682
    @sudhakarkantamaneni682 4 роки тому +1

    Thats just sad what are you going to do with the chick

    • @BodaciousBen1
      @BodaciousBen1  4 роки тому +6

      The chick is (was) completely wild, and was never removed permanently from its nest. At most, it was with the veterinarian team down below for an hour, then placed back in the nest each time we visited to be taken care of by its parents. Eventually, the chick grew up in the nest, and left on its own with its parents. It's still and always was a wild bird, and is out in the rainforest now hopefully raising the next generation of Scarlett Macaws!

  • @Pirateofdahcaribbean_83
    @Pirateofdahcaribbean_83 3 роки тому

    Too calm to be wild🤣🤣🤣 My pet blue & gold would haul ass n scream bloody murder if anyone gets close to him or when ever he sees people. You mean to tell me a wild parrot...a mother at that just throwing lil bites n so calm..naa can't b.
    Plus why is there a lock on the box/next. Wouldn't the mom try run away from what ever opening ther is? Or unless they just locked her un until they bring the baby back then leave it unlocked I guess.

  • @drajay8671
    @drajay8671 3 роки тому

    Why don’t u just drag the box to land and lift again after finishing of your work instead u go and climb the tree

  • @ansajansu7734
    @ansajansu7734 3 роки тому

    Fake vedio. The birs have leg ring..... how is it before he got the bird. They says that it is wild. Actually it is not wild

    • @Pirateofdahcaribbean_83
      @Pirateofdahcaribbean_83 3 роки тому

      They may have been caught before then band. Many birds and other animals in the wild have bands since they been caught or used for research... Plus it can't b the first time they did this or its fake like you said.. The mother parrot is way too calm compared to my parrot which is a pet and would react way worse than that for mom with a chick at that.

  • @muhammaddayyaan3377
    @muhammaddayyaan3377 4 роки тому +2

    ❤💘

  • @punitramsahu6132
    @punitramsahu6132 5 років тому +3

    Bad work save 🐦 ok

  • @Wjejjwjwjwj
    @Wjejjwjwjwj 3 роки тому

    Ok

  • @barasatsantu8548
    @barasatsantu8548 4 роки тому

    Hii

  • @nkdnsjejebsjw3083
    @nkdnsjejebsjw3083 3 роки тому

    Dont catch them they are decreasing day by day we have stop.it

    • @absolutelynormalbogstandar5251
      @absolutelynormalbogstandar5251 2 роки тому

      They aren’t catching it for the illegal pet trade fortunately, they’re just collecting the babies and looking for parasites, deformities and health issues before putting them back in the nest with mom so the wild populations can be studied and protected

  • @BirdsCollectionKarachi
    @BirdsCollectionKarachi 4 роки тому +1

    #BirdsCollectionKarachi

  • @usmanshareef8733
    @usmanshareef8733 4 роки тому

    Rundy

  • @sudhakarkantamaneni682
    @sudhakarkantamaneni682 4 роки тому

    Oh sorry I didn’t see

  • @msunniimtiazinformationcha313
    @msunniimtiazinformationcha313 4 роки тому

    #parrotloverinformationchannel

  • @thatoutdoorlife
    @thatoutdoorlife 5 років тому

    The chick Is close banded I dunno what's going on here

    • @BodaciousBen1
      @BodaciousBen1  5 років тому

      At that point the chick's leg won't grow any larger so the band won't constrict its leg.

  • @zoraidainga458
    @zoraidainga458 5 років тому

    Pobres papagayos es injusto que le quiten a su mamá todo por dinero

  • @galankgalank2900
    @galankgalank2900 4 роки тому

    salam from indonesia makassar

  • @armanshar269
    @armanshar269 4 роки тому

    Fazull

  • @ramsmindpeuk8787
    @ramsmindpeuk8787 4 роки тому +1

    If he is conservationist or scientist then its OK but otherwise I oppose and against smuggling or keeping birds species as pet.
    Its pure evil practice.

    • @bellablue7661
      @bellablue7661 4 роки тому

      He mentioned under another comment that they are checking the birds for parasites and deformities before returning them to the nest.

  • @KapilSharma-sj4rt
    @KapilSharma-sj4rt 4 роки тому

    Inhumane act

  • @muhammadhuzaifa6775
    @muhammadhuzaifa6775 5 років тому

    Shame to u

    • @lordjoelang4473
      @lordjoelang4473 5 років тому

      Why? Do u even know what did he do?

    • @gpproject1548
      @gpproject1548 5 років тому

      he does check ups on the ma caws cayse there indanger

    • @shaun7057
      @shaun7057 5 років тому +3

      Shame on you for trying to shame someone who's actually doing something positive for these wild parrots while you sit behind a computer screen in your home!! Both of which have probably caused more damage to wild animals than you think this man has done!!! You can see yourself right on outta this comment section

    • @gpproject1548
      @gpproject1548 5 років тому

      @@shaun7057 like u?

    • @dontsubscribepleaseibeg
      @dontsubscribepleaseibeg 5 років тому

      Ha ha ,Shame to.