Island macaws find new home among endangered Bolivian kin

A blue-throated macaw, one of 17 bound for release in Bolivia after being raised locally, nibbles on a walnut in a large cage at a Shawnigan Lake aviary. Photograph By Kevin RothbauerA Shawnigan Lake woman will say goodbye Thursday to 26 home-raised blue-throated macaws as they head off to boost critically low numbers in the wild Bolivian savannah.