Soon after moving to Costa Rica, we rescued a parrot that had been poached as a youngster and began rehab to restore her freedom. These days she's a free-flying jungle bird on our farm, along with her friend Esther, another rescue who now free-flies. At the time of this photo, though, she was still finding her wings so we kept her on a tether. One of her favorite things to do is go swimming with us in the Canalete River, which crosses our farm. This photo was taken milliseconds after she went for an actual swim--I have a video of that, courtesy of @michelios.
The first picture is, of course, my contest entry for Feathered Friends. The second photo, below, is a few moments later when she agreed to pose.
