A Day of Firsts

      If Uno hatched this season, today was her first shower.  Like Guanacaste and the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, San Ramon is classified as dry forest rather than rain forest.  The difference?  Dry forest experiences both a wet and a dry season, the latter being consecutive months without rain every year.  And San Ramon has had less than 2 inches of rain since October 25th...now a week shy of six months.  (Yes, we're counting.)

BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

      Today was also Uno's first day in the new aviary. 
     PLAN A.  Knowing that she would have a learning curve, I covered the tile floor with two packing blankets to absorb a fall.  Within a half hour of putting her on the crotch of the tree I heard a single squawk and found Uno (safely) on the ground.  She quickly figured out how to climb up the wire on the wall of the door...but then got stuck under the metal crossbar.
     PLAN B.  I hung a rope "vine" so Uno could climb past the metal bar.  A short time later I found her perched on the food tray enjoying lunch.  (I'm also leaving a tray with food and water on the ground for the first day or two, but like spider monkeys, birds love height...the higher the better.)
     PLAN C.  Now I just need to call around and find Uno some company! 
     To be continued...

Perched on the tree trunk.

Stuck under the metal crossbar.

Enjoying her first lunch in the aviary.

Uno quickly figured out how to use a rope "vine."