Calico Macaws flying Fisher Towers

Two Calico Macaw parrots flying at Fisher Towers, Moab Utah October 2006. Featuring Chris Biro, Susan Hilliard and Dean Moser. www.wingingitadventures.com

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• parrot
• free
• flying
• flight
• chris
• biro
• susan
• hilliard
• Moab
• macaw
• outdoor
• fisher
• towers

[imagerep]

Impressed beyond words. I've owned parrots for over 30 yrs and currenlty have a spolied Greenwing and Harlequin. I will bet that flighted Macaws such as yours DO NOT feather pick, right? thanks for sharing all your videos. If you're ever in So Cal my wife and I would like to attend a seminar.

[chrisbiro1]

@imagerep I have one patagonian conure that does some picking of his feathers. He is my first real free flyer and he started picking a few years ago when we kept him caged for an extended period of time. Now he does it, then quits, the feathers grow out again and at some point for reasons I do not understand, he will start working his feathers again. So it is intermittent. I am not sure what is going on with him or why he does this. Chris

[imagerep]

@chrisbiro1

As I am sure you know, captive birds and feather picking go hand in hand. It's a sad part of having birds as captive pets. I am sure most of your trained flighted birds avoid that issue.  By the way, another question. OK they are trained as free flight and your videos are incredible to watch BUT what prevents them from deciding to go out of range (sight) and lose direction? I am sure you've lost birds in the past in free flight outdoors, right?

[chrisbiro1]

@imagerep I have lost one bird flying them since 1993. It was a partially trained adult bird and the circumstances were unusual and I simply made some basic mistakes in how I let her loose and in not doing any recovery effort right away. I am pretty sure she went home with someone in the fair parking lot. It was a fair in Orlando FL and I was extremely tired when it happened. My mistakes.

Part of the training is teaching them how to find their way back to the starting point. Chris

[dontletithappen]

They're having so much fun!

[chrisbiro1]

We were having a lot of fun too. Chris

[imagerep]

@chrisbiro1

That must have been a heartbreak.

Hope to meet you one day if you ever have a seminar in the Ventura/L.A. County area. .

[janijellybeehen]

This is amazing - true love for your birds is shown by letting them be as close to wild as possible, by taking time to train them. Very different from the usual 'care' parrots seem to get which consists of wing clipping and long days in cages.

[BirdLoversOnly]

Absolutely wonderful!!!!!!

Irena Schulz - Bird Lovers Only Rescue

[m301943]

I can't believe what I'm seeing !

[Becerrator]

SO beautiful!

I like the freedom that you gives to your macows