Not worried now, doing dozens of flights every weekend and he’s super reliable now. But Yeah we had fly offs in the early days, it’s only really when somethings wrong and he’s overwhelmed. In the early days a bird is easily overwhelmed so we had to minimise the risks… use very open level 1 environments, low wind, no other birds etc… but now that he’s more experienced, The only thing that can overwhelm him now is a chase/mobbing from a big flock of birds. So we keep an eye out for big flocks.
this is so inspiring, I am currently training my 6 month old Illiger's Macaw and he's doing great, we have a big yard so he stays in trees for a while and flies back reliably; how come african greys can't do that and tend to escape?
Because African Greys are so highly intelligent, they tend to be more independent thinkers, and are more easily distracted by interesting things in their environment.
I have a corella who wasn’t hand raised. He attacks anyone that isn’t me. But im Training him in free flight hoping that maybe it’d help lighten his mood. Baby steps. Getting him use to flying use and off me first. And then im going to add the sound for him to come to me. And I’ll give it like a month or two of him just being consistent in it before I’ll take him outside in maybe a harness. Would you have any tips or worry’s to give me?
Aw corella’s are cute! Hm good few things we’ve learned from our trainer Chris Biro and our own experience that might help. - Zuko was attacking anyone that wasn’t me, including people we lived with, so it was feeling like a pair bond was forming with me, so I dialled back the petting a lot amongst other things, to try and bring it back to “just friends” and it’s working well - Zuko’s in a great mood when we do different tricks and recall in doors, it keeps him nice and engaged - clicker usage is HUGE, it tells them the precise moment they earned the treat, great for capturing the behaviour you want, we do the clicks with our mouths nowadays - outside free flying a smaller bird like a corella, you would lose sight of them probably after 200m, as opposed to 400m for a larger bird, so you want to be a bit more confident, something to bear in mind - definitely harness exposure outside would be great for desensitisation, you want the outdoors to be as comfortable as possible, because as soon as they’re overwhelmed for any reason (a larger bird, a loud noise, a car, a dog), that’s when it’s a takeoff - for now I’d recommend doing heaps of indoor training and recall, and harness exposure outside, then you’ll get a feel for their confidence in the outdoors as the months go by. - Would also recommend a free flight course like Chris Biro’s liberty wings class, because there’s so many little hacks you can do to set you up for the least risk possible (e.g. different levels, walkie-talkies, having posters ready, food management, what to do when you lose them) Hope that helps ❤️
Beautiful but I would be so terrified of hawks in my area, I would not consider this. We have a lot of Cooper's hawks here and a red-shouldered hawk killed a wood duck earlier this summer. I would not let my parrots out of their cages outside, even on a leash. Too risky.
Yeah, totally understandable 👍 we’ve found that most raptors here in NSW aren’t big enough to actually want to hunt & eat a macaw but do territorial attacks to try to scare away. And when Zuko is being chased, he out-manoeuvres them well. Then when he comes to sit on us for refuge, the raptors never want to come near us humans anyway, which works out well.
They are so gorgeous!!! Looks like everyone had an amazing time!!!
this is the first time ive seen a birdie play date❤
This makes me happy, they are amazingly beautiful
Thanks for sharing, that was cool 😎♥️🇨🇦
Happy freefly ❤❤❤
Magnifique ❤,je pratique aussi le vol libre avec mes 4 aras ,que du bonheur.Bonne journée à vous 😘
Unas aves fantásticas 👍.
4:01 What specie is this bird?
They are all beautiful by the way.
Great video!
👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤
Aw thanks 🙏 it’s a “Dusky Lory”
@@ZukoTheMacaw 👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤
Sweet friends.
Are you ever afraid he’ll just fly off? I’m sure he’s bonded to you and all, but could he get excited, go out far, and lose track of you?
Not worried now, doing dozens of flights every weekend and he’s super reliable now. But Yeah we had fly offs in the early days, it’s only really when somethings wrong and he’s overwhelmed. In the early days a bird is easily overwhelmed so we had to minimise the risks… use very open level 1 environments, low wind, no other birds etc… but now that he’s more experienced, The only thing that can overwhelm him now is a chase/mobbing from a big flock of birds. So we keep an eye out for big flocks.
this is so inspiring, I am currently training my 6 month old Illiger's Macaw and he's doing great, we have a big yard so he stays in trees for a while and flies back reliably; how come african greys can't do that and tend to escape?
Because they can.
Amazing and free flying macaws !
Because African Greys are so highly intelligent, they tend to be more independent thinkers, and are more easily distracted by interesting things in their environment.
Birbs!
I have a corella who wasn’t hand raised. He attacks anyone that isn’t me. But im Training him in free flight hoping that maybe it’d help lighten his mood. Baby steps. Getting him use to flying use and off me first. And then im going to add the sound for him to come to me. And I’ll give it like a month or two of him just being consistent in it before I’ll take him outside in maybe a harness.
Would you have any tips or worry’s to give me?
Aw corella’s are cute!
Hm good few things we’ve learned from our trainer Chris Biro and our own experience that might help.
- Zuko was attacking anyone that wasn’t me, including people we lived with, so it was feeling like a pair bond was forming with me, so I dialled back the petting a lot amongst other things, to try and bring it back to “just friends” and it’s working well
- Zuko’s in a great mood when we do different tricks and recall in doors, it keeps him nice and engaged
- clicker usage is HUGE, it tells them the precise moment they earned the treat, great for capturing the behaviour you want, we do the clicks with our mouths nowadays
- outside free flying a smaller bird like a corella, you would lose sight of them probably after 200m, as opposed to 400m for a larger bird, so you want to be a bit more confident, something to bear in mind
- definitely harness exposure outside would be great for desensitisation, you want the outdoors to be as comfortable as possible, because as soon as they’re overwhelmed for any reason (a larger bird, a loud noise, a car, a dog), that’s when it’s a takeoff
- for now I’d recommend doing heaps of indoor training and recall, and harness exposure outside, then you’ll get a feel for their confidence in the outdoors as the months go by.
- Would also recommend a free flight course like Chris Biro’s liberty wings class, because there’s so many little hacks you can do to set you up for the least risk possible (e.g. different levels, walkie-talkies, having posters ready, food management, what to do when you lose them)
Hope that helps ❤️
Is Zuko a Catalina or a Harlequin macaw? I work with a Catalina named Salsa at my zoo, and he is the most amazing animal I have ever met.
Zuko is Harlequin & the other in the video is a Catalina. Salsa sounds cool!
Flying them right next to a road…great idea.
Beautiful but I would be so terrified of hawks in my area, I would not consider this. We have a lot of Cooper's hawks here and a red-shouldered hawk killed a wood duck earlier this summer. I would not let my parrots out of their cages outside, even on a leash. Too risky.
Yeah, totally understandable 👍 we’ve found that most raptors here in NSW aren’t big enough to actually want to hunt & eat a macaw but do territorial attacks to try to scare away. And when Zuko is being chased, he out-manoeuvres them well. Then when he comes to sit on us for refuge, the raptors never want to come near us humans anyway, which works out well.