Nature

This is one of the birds nibbling at a Hagua nut in the tree right in front of the main building. They eat the nuts. The indigenous people use the ink inside for dye. Tres decided to put one of the nuts into a cup of water to see what would happen - he of course punctured the nut so that the ink inside could come out. That clear ink did make the water almost black after a period of time. I wonder if it has the same properties on the birds. Who knows - maybe they are using it to make themselves more attractive in some way.