Puerto Rican Parrot Breeding Facility.  Finding the Puerto Rican Parrot is the main objective of most visits to Río Abajo.  Success is not guaranteed, but it is likely.  Much of the wild-living population—which consists of released birds and their wild-hatched progeny—apparently remains sentimentally attached to the captive-breeding facility, the José L. Vivaldi Memorial Aviary, and they continue to roost nearby.

To reach the facility, park beside the yellow entrance gate, and walk the road for about 2 km to the gate of the breeding facility.  Free-flying parrots are most reliably present early in the morning and late in the afternoon, but they can often be heard and seen in the treetops around the facility at any time of day.

To explore the area further, backtrack a short distance from the facility gate and look for a wide gravel trail on your right (i.e., on your left as you arrive).  This trail takes a wide loop through the forest around the breeding facility.  Keep to the right at each fork in the trail, and at the second powerline cut follow the small side trail to the right under the powerlines to the steel pylon (18°19’59.8” N / 66°43’10.3” W).  From this vantage point, overlooking the powerline cut toward the facility, you will have a view of the area where the parrots fly to and from their roosts.