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This is a common one that even the average non-bird person asks me on the beach: “Aren’t you worried about hawks?” The answer is always: Absolutely! Every day for a free flying bird is a new day; just because they went unscathed yesterday does not necessarily lessen the risk for today. Certain times are riskier than others, such as nesting season, ...
Visibility is a huge issue. Having an open space like a park is important but it doesn’t take much for a miscalculation, and the less skilled bird doesn’t know how to land, panics, and ends up looping out of sight. In fact, that’s how many fly off’s occur: it’s not because birds want to fly away, they just don’t have the skills to come back or land...
As I had mentioned before, training a bird for freeflight is not just about teaching it to fly to the hand on cue. While this basic behavior is extremely important and it should be the most fluent thing that your bird does, you as a trainer need to be acutely aware of every interaction you have with your bird, indoors and out. Have you ever trained...
Some advocates of free flight have flown their birds successfully for a few years but have not yet met with the trials and tribulations of flying sexually mature birds. These birds may develop strong relationships with other members of the flock, which can cause problems not only in nest seeking behavior but also put other birds in danger. Even the...
There are a few other aspects of teaching a parrot to fly free that I occasionally get asked about. 1. Should I lightly clip my parrot’s wings when I first start so that they can’t fly too far? The answer is a resounding NO! First, if your bird flies too far, then you are doing it wrong. You have asked too much too soon or you have misjudged your e...
To make it simple and to achieve free flight outdoors, you and your parrot must succeed with these following stages: Gain the ability to fly; Your parrot should be 100% tamed and well-socialized; Forming a strong bond with your parrot; What is free flight training with a parrot that can’t fly?
The first step in training a bird for free flight training is basic flight training that is conducted indoors. According to freeparrots.net , these basics remove the need for wing-clipping and build the foundation of trust and response from your bird that is necessary if you ever aspire to let them fly freely.
Jul 5, 2018 · 13K. 559K views 4 years ago. Mikey’s Free Flight journey is by no means a tutorial on parrot free flying or on how to free flight train your bird. Many points on what this takes were...
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