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Endangered Belize { 26 images } Created 23 Aug 2015

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  • An early morning storm lifts from the Raspacullo river, Belize.
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  • Close-up of a Green Iguana ( Iguana iguana ), the Belize Iguana Project.
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  • A pair of endangered Scarlet Macaws ( Ara macao cyanoptera ) keep watch on their nesting tree near the Raspacullo river, Belize. A subspecies of the Scarlet Macaws in South America (Ara macao macao), there are an estimated 150-200 wild Scarlet Macaws in Belize. In 2003 the controversial Chalillo hydro-electric dam was built, resulting in the flooding of the only known area in Belize where Scarlet Macaws nest. Formed in 2012, the volunteer run and funded Scarlet Six Biomonitoring Team, a small team of community rangers, was formed out of a dire need to help protect the macaw chicks from heavy Guatemalan poaching.  In 2011, almost 90% of the active nests in the area were poached by Guatemalans, this number is now down to 30% due to their regular patroling of the nest sites along the rivers, via boat and on foot, and their very visible presence.
    20150704_Belize2015_K4B4331.jpg
  • A Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) stare down, Belize.
    20150701_Belize2015_K4B3219.jpg
  • A Black Howler Monkey ( Alouatta pigra ) scans the jungle canopy in the afternoon light, Belize.
    20150701_Belize2015_K4B3272.jpg
  • A Morelet's crocodile cruises the shoreline, Pine Savanna Nature Reserve, Belize.
    20150701_Belize2015_K4B3153.jpg
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  • A Tiger Heron ( Tigrisoma mexicanum ) watches the shoreline for his morning meal on the Raspacullo river, Belize.
    20150704_Belize2015_K4B4008.jpg
  • A group of Scarlet Macaws ( Ara macao cyanoptera ) forage and squabble along the banks of the Raspacullo river, Belize.
    20150704_Belize2015_K4B4192.jpg
  • A pair of Scarlet Macaws ( Ara macao cyanoptera ) fly in the fading sunlight, Raspacullo river, Belize.
    20150704_Belize2015_K4B4221.jpg
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  • A Scarlet Macaw ( Ara macao cyanoptera ) silently blends into the jungle, Raspacullo river, Belize.
    20150703_Belize2015_K4B3981.jpg
  • The flooded nesting grounds of the Scarlet Macaw, the result of the controversial Chalillo hydro-electric dam built in 2003. This is the only known area in Belize where Scarlet Macaws nest.
    20150704_Belize2015_K4B4634_FT8.jpg
  • Crystal clear water pools in the limestone deep in the jungles of the Raspacullo river, Belize.
    20150703_Belize2015_K4B3800.jpg
  • An older captive female Margay ( Felis wiedii ) comes gown to the camera for a closer look.
    20150701_Belize2015_K4B3367.jpg
  • A Green Iguana ( Iguana iguana ) with a spinal deformation wonders at onlookers, the Belize Iguana Project.
    20150702_Belize2015_K4B3448.jpg
  • A Plain chachalaca ( Ortalis vetula ) pauses momentarily on a branch, Pine Savanna Nature Reserve, Belize.
    20150701_Belize2015_K4B3127.jpg
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  • A Boat-billed Heron ( Cochlearius cochlearius ) preens on his perch in the Bladen Nature Reserve, Belize.
    20150708_Belize2015_K4B5430.jpg
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  • Two of only nine known captive born and critically endangered Central American river turtles ( Dermatemys mawii ) or Hickatee investigate their surroundings in the Bladen Nature Reserve, Belize.
    20150709_Belize2015_K4B5675.jpg
  • Two young Tiger Herons ( Tigrisoma mexicanum ) try to blend into the dead tree that houses their nest, the Raspacullo river, Belize.
    20150703_Belize2015_K4B3618.jpg
  • A pair of endangered Scarlet Macaws ( Ara macao cyanoptera ) keep watch from their nesting tree near the Raspacullo river, Belize. A subspecies of the Scarlet Macaws in South America (Ara macao macao), there are an estimated 150-200 wild Scarlet Macaws in Belize. In 2003 the controversial Chalillo hydro-electric dam was built, resulting in the flooding of the only known area in Belize where Scarlet Macaws nest. Formed in 2012, the volunteer run and funded Scarlet Six Biomonitoring Team, a small team of community rangers, was formed out of a dire need to help protect the macaw chicks from heavy Guatemalan poaching.  In 2011, almost 90% of the active nests in the area were poached by Guatemalans, this number is now down to 30% due to their regular patroling of the nest sites along the rivers, via boat and on foot, and their very visible presence.
    20150703_Belize2015_K4B3625.jpg
  • A Scarlet Macaw ( Ara macao cyanoptera ) rides a wind blown palm branch, Raspacullo river, Belize.
    20150703_Belize2015_K4B3934.jpg
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