Reintroducing the Scarlet Macaws to Honduras

David Whitley meets the scarlet macaws of Copan Amid the ancient city of Copan, a series of stony heads catch the eye. They line the court where an ancient Mayan ball game was played. Nobody really knows what the rules were, only that it often took on a life-or-death importance that makes today’s baying football crowds look tame — the competitors were sometimes sacrificed as an offering to the gods.