About Them

Sugimac (Su pronounced as the Su in Sugar) came to us second hand from a fellow engineer who had him plus a 'Too. His wife didn't really get along with Sugi at all and I suspect that he wasn't socialized well to begin with. The guy traveled a lot. When I expressed an interest in taking him on, he came with everything - two cages, ring stand, lots of perch stands and a 3-foot high stack of Bird Talk magazines that it took me a year to work through. The 'Too went back to the original breeder.

Sugi was initially silent and aloof except for pin-pointing and raised feathers but we didn't know the body language then. One morning about a week later when my wife started vacuuming, he fired up with "Sugimac's a good bird", "I love you", "Sugimac's a pretty bird", "HI!!" and, in a definite woman's voice, "Owww!!! BAD BIRD! BAD BIRD!". Which pretty much explains why we have him now.

He's since become well acclimated to us, but, since we've gotten Jazzy, his vocabulary has pretty much degraded to Hello and Hi with the exception of, of course, their own private language.

Jazzy came to us straight from the egg and has bonded with Sugi from the time we brought him home. We were a little concerned about Sugi being jealous, and contact was well supervised for months, but there was never a problem. They play well together and although there are some fierce sounding squabbles with lots of flapping, screaming and lunging, there's never been blood drawn or a feather pulled.

Technical Data, Owner's Guide and other Pictures and Movies

Name: Sugimac (Sugi)
Scientific Name: ara Chloroptera
Common Name: Green-winged Macaw
Status: CITES Appendix II
Sex: Male
Size: About 31 inches tip-of-tail to top of head with a body length of about 11 inches
Weight: 1000 grams plus-or-minus 50
Hatch-date: March 15, 1990 (domestically raised)
ID Chip: #xxxxx implanted 12/12/97 and registered with the American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery

Name: Jazzy (Jazz)
Scientific Name: ara Ararauna
Status: CITES Appendix II
Common Name: Blue and Gold Macaw (sometimes Blue and Yellow)
Sex: Male
Size: About 31 inches tip-of-tail to top of head with a body length of about 11 inches
Weight: 1100 grams plus-or-minus 50
Hatch-date: February, 1998 (domestically raised)
ID Chip: #xxxxx implanted July 28, 1999 and registered with the American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery

Technical Data, Owner's Guide and other Pictures and Movies
	Name: Sugimac (Sugi) Scientific Name: ara Chloroptera Common Name: Green-winged Macaw Status: CITES Appendix II Sex: Male Size: About 31 inches tip-of-tail to top of head with a body length of about 11 inches Weight: 1000 grams plus-or-minus 50 Hatch-date: March 15, 1990 (domestically raised) ID Chip: #xxxxx implanted 12/12/97 and registered with the American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery
	Name: Jazzy (Jazz) Scientific Name: ara Ararauna Status: CITES Appendix II Common Name: Blue and Gold Macaw (sometimes Blue and Yellow) Sex: Male Size: About 31 inches tip-of-tail to top of head with a body length of about 11 inches Weight: 1100 grams plus-or-minus 50 Hatch-date: February, 1998 (domestically raised) ID Chip: #xxxxx implanted July 28, 1999 and registered with the American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery