An observation of the species, written by a student

Marcelino Encinas 9th Grade

(Translation to English)

The Red-Fronted Macaw is very beautiful for its colors, which represent our country, but many of us are killing them without realizing that many of them in this place are disappearing little by little. We are killing them because they come with their whole group to the peanut crops. Many of them die and some of them escape to another place because they are scared away by the sounds of the shotgun, rifle, or gun.

There are no great quantities of macaws anymore in this place; maybe there would have been thousands of them or more in this place. Maybe it would have been the most beautiful valley because in them you could see the colors of our country. The people that would come from other countries would see the caverns and Umajalanta (famous cavern). Before seeing the caverns and the dinosaur tracks, passing through this valley they could see the colors of the flag of Bolivia: red, yellow and green. Because of this we should take care of every living thing, but above all, a bird that carries the three colors of our beloved country.