My current housing situation is far too confining for my birds, and will continue to be so until the summer at the earliest. I have a small outdoor aviary (8...
Hi Janet, If your birds are used to going outside, the difference in temperature is not as concerning as it is for a bird who is not used to going outside....
I keep my whistle on a shelf at the front door. It has a bright yellow lanyard so is easy to find. If I take the birds out anywhere, whether I plan to fly...
In a message dated 12/30/03 11:24:43 AM US Mountain Standard Time, ... Doug -- Well said. You know your stuff. Jim Dawson [Non-text portions of this message...
Hi everyone, Happy New Year! i am rejoining the list after having gone no-mail for a few hectic months. i wonder if you all would be willing to speak to the...
... HI, Solana is 2.5 years old and is a good flyer. It has taken her quite some time due to a very severe clip the breeder gave her just before we bought...
www.shadeseclectus.com/freeflight.htm There are two choices to view - one that is a WMV or windows media player file and the other larger one is a AVI file. ...
1/2/03 Hi everyone, happy new year! Part of my new year resolution was teaching my flighted birds new things, and have had so many ideas. Many of you probably ...
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Hi Mona, well, we did it again. The birds that are flying at the fly building are getting really fit. In fact, Shredder GW, Reggie TAG, Mongo mitred, Skippy ...
... months. ... a 2 year old B&G as a flight candidate. He is a new adoptee, very bold, bright, and has taken to clicker training more quickly than any of my...
Well Teq has completely recovered from his injury and is back to himself again so we've started some new training and such to distract the little "fireball...
I could not see any parrot scratching nose. I showed the clip to Casper who put his head on one side and listened but made no comment Dot Dorothy Schwarz ...
This is just one experience... Wacko was clipped in the beginning, he did fly outside, clipped, and was grounded after two months because he lost his flight...
Okay...it's early in the morning but some thoughts. First, you have a grounded retrieve (or "bring it to me") so you understand fundamentals of trick training....
... Dean Thanks for the AVI file! I was able to use my Mac Quicktime to view and put into slow motion. It was still difficult to see the itching, but since I...
... If you ever accomplish this please let us know. :) My bird is pretty well trained but "stay" to her means "stay for a few seconds" or until something ...
Hello Mona, ... grounded ... and ... stacking ... If you will recall, last year at about this time, I was training my Mitreds to do a flighted retrieve. I...
Thanks Chris. I enjoyed your pictures....especially the hairy arm shot! Do you think that having your mitreds fly to you and place the ball into an object...
Hello all, Regarding the photos of Flash (Mitred) landing with the ball, the bowl does not have food in it. It is there in my hand simply for the bird to place...
Hello Mona, ... I am not sure what part you liked the most here, the hairy arm itself or the position with the cup and bird. But this was a real break through...
Hi Petexpert8 In our shows over the years we have done this bit with a raven, and with macaws (and a friend uses a lesser sulpher crested, so I guess any bird ...
First - I want to thank Angela (Cancilla Herschel), who I know from BCPlus, for directing me to this list. My name is Denise Rollheiser, I live in Saskatoon,...
