Hey Marcus, I meant volunteering just so I could observe and maybe get more info by osmosis, lol. Although it would be fun to learn all about all the...
An "explosive missle from the sky" can indeed be deadly dangerous should "radar" fail to give advance warning!!! They can, and will, appear instantly from...
... Great point. People often miss this important distinction. I am all for empowering the animals but there are certainly circumstances were things are going...
... Thanks for responding. Ok this leaves me with more questions. 1) I am guessing that you are using these "warning signs" to predict and avoid the biting...
Hey Dan, ... perhaps ... caution ... OH this has been a concern, what if the falcon realised that there is a meal hanging around this area? Chloe and I are...
Hi Scott: You wrote: "The more I learn about behaviour, the more confused I get sometimes. Before I get into that though, I want to raise the point that I...
Hi guys: Steve Hartman wrote an interesting article in "Parrots Magazine" this month using a phrase we have tossed around alot on this list "thinking on the...
Hi Guys & Gals, He also makes the point that "90% of the neuropathways a parrot will use as an adult are programmed in the first 6 to 8 months of it life". ...
Hi Mona, What a great analogy! I like the way you explained it. I don't shoot guns either, but will say as a non gun user, your explanation was very...
... From: Mona <Dougandmona@...> Subject: [Freeflight] Thinking on the Wing To: Freeflight@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 12:46 PM Hi guys:...
Hi Mona The same issue has also a very good article about handfed babies and the psychological importance of allowing them longer with the parents. This is a...
Hi Chris I will try to give my feedback to your interesting suggestions. 2008/7/3 Isabel Sampaio <misabelsampaio@... ... 1) I am guessing that you are...
... I didn't read the original article, but I question if there is any hard science behind his assertions. He might be correct, but I don't believe any of it...
I too would like to see scientific references when such a comment is made as fact. Most publications would require substantiation of these comments but Parrots...
Yes, it would be interesting to find out if there is any scientific studies or facts to back up his statements. However; birds that have not been fledged...
For those of you who haven't seen it, Steve Hartman also has an article on the importance of flight on The Parrot University website: ...
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Here is the article Steve H. wrote: _http://www.theparrotuniversity.com/flight.php_ (http://www.theparrotuniversity.com/flight.php) I have had to learn to not...
... studies ... There can be a lot of reasons why an poorly or unfledged older bird has trouble with flight later in life. It could simply be mechanical. Has...
Though interesting Steve Hartman's article has zero basis in science. In the article in Parrots magazine the real reason there are no references is because...
... are none. ... and yet ... our mother ... speak it . ... Actually, Angela, there are scads of research papers on the acquisition of language. Janet...
Hi Janet, You know no matter how hard I try when I do volunteer language reading for the school system in our area they still insist that a new language be...
Hi, Around Big Sur , just off the Pacific my friends often fly their macaw but since the fires they cannot even go outside the smoke is that bad. We are all ...
Angela wrote: "Though interesting Steve Hartman's article has zero basis in science. In the article in Parrots magazine the real reason there are no references...
Hi Mona, There is no scientific neuro brain studies to date on fledging vs non fledging ..I hope this discussion helps it get funded and I hope Steve can...
... I think this is one of the biggies. There are too many anecdotes of small birds returning to flight easily while birds such as the big macaws never try. ...
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