nora@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (nora.y.mclaughlin) (10/16/89)
Sorry Sandra, request denied. Question, what does a Macaw or other large bird feel like when it flies and lands on your head or shoulder? That would be reason enough for my to clip. And I do. Nora
robert@csustan.CSUStan.Edu (Robert Zeff) (10/17/89)
>Question, what does a Macaw or other large bird feel like >when it flies and lands on your head or shoulder? That would >be reason enough for my to clip. And I do. >Nora I have a full flighted Blue & Gold, who flies to my shoulder very gently. (I admit her first attempt caused a few welts on my face.) Unclipped birds must learn the coordination of flight, which takes some time. She also has had many outdoor flights, returning to my hand or shoulder. Her first outdoor adventure lasted 9.5 hours. I feel sorry for clipped birds. Robert -- Robert Zeff (209) 577-4268 voice, FAX: (209) 577-8548 2549 Yosemite Blvd Ste. E {lll-lcc,lll-crg}!csustan!zhome!robert Modesto, Ca. 95354 {lll-lcc,lll-crg}!csustan!robert
shane@inferno.UUCP (Shane Bouslough) (10/20/89)
From article <1989Oct17.051056.12407@csustan.CSUStan.Edu>, by robert@csustan.CSUStan.Edu (Robert Zeff): > shoulder. Her first outdoor adventure lasted 9.5 hours. I feel sorry > for clipped birds. My only experience with pet birds was an old girlfriends cockateel. It was a perfect snow white specimen with a wonderful character. It had the run of the house without a doubt. To clip that bird would have been a sin. People in this group seem to know that house birds take a while to learn to fly. I thought it was just her bird. I'd say it didn't have the hang of things for at least 6 to 12 months. -Shane -- --------------------------------- CLIP'N'SAVE ---------------------------------- | Shane A. Bouslough | uucp: ...{rutgers,sbcs,icus}!alps!inferno!shane| | Periphonics Corp. | phonenet: w:516-467-0500 h:516-929-5822 | | 4000 Veterans Memorial Hwy. |"I'm sure it's a software or a hardware problem"| | Bohemia, NY 11716 | OS/2... JUST SAY NO | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mep@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (mary.e.pasternak) (10/21/89)
In article <2299@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> nora@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (nora.y.mclaughlin) writes: >Question, what does a Macaw or other large bird feel like >when it flies and lands on your head or shoulder? That would >be reason enough for my to clip. And I do. It depends: 1. When I first got my macaw felt like a rather large THUD on my head, neck, shoulder, arm or whatever she happened to land on. 2. After a while, I got used to (she trained me :-)) her landing on me whenever she felt like it. Eventually, the sound of flapping feathers of a macaw in flight caused me to instinctively raise an arm for her to land on (as opposed to her landing on my head or somewhere else less appropriate). In this situation, the thud was much smaller ... Mary Pasternak att!ihlpn!mep