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The macaws are nesting in those cliffs. We've done a lot of research on the behavior and how the macaws are living. It's unique. Macaws normally nest on trees, not on cliffs. And here they have burrowed out their nests, and their nests – the ones I have measured – are three, and more than three, meters in length inside the cliff. It's just amazing. Beautiful, beautiful construction! And, they remind me of monasteries almost, because, it's like, there are little cells to the right and to the left, and you keep going and there are more entries. Just beautiful construction, kept wonderfully clean.
And another thing we have discovered here, which is very new, is the socialization amongst macaws – they actually help take care of each other's nests. A couple can leave and the other couple will take care of the nest.
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