Friends of a feather

VITTORIO Poggi, 70, feeds sunflower seeds to red macaws at his house in San Antonio De Los Altos on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela. Poggi is credited with introducing the macaws to the valley in the 1970s. He says he found and nurtured a lost macaw and trained it to fly next to his motorcycle as he cruised through his neighbourhood. PICTURE: AP