Now that the cockatiels are housed in a room with only one small window, I’m not worried about them flying into glass. As a result, we’ve been letting some of Conner’s flight feathers grow out. You wouldn’t believe how far he can fly with only three partial primaries on one side. He’s been rather bad this past week too, now that he’s discovered that he can fly to the bed post and look outside.
The attic of this house was converted into a master bedroom so it’s huge, which makes it the perfect place for letting Conner fly.
Jon holds Conner on his hand, turns in a half circle and Conner takes off and flies across the room. Sometimes Conner gets so excited that he takes off before Jon has completed the half circle.
Conner has made amazing progress. At first he would fly to the end of the bed. Now he consistently lands on top of the bedpost and sometime even flies over the bedpost onto the pillows! This has become a nightly ritual that Conner clearly enjoys. He even makes a specific noise to tell Jon when he’s ready to fly.
Audrey also gets nightly exercise, but we’ll talk about that next week.
Beautiful photos of flight!
Thanks Pamela! Conner is a great subject.
How fun! Thanks so much for posting those pictures. This one really put a smile on my face. I love it when parrots get to fly, and it’s so fun watching them learn, gain confidence, etc. Yea for Conner!
Thanks Mary! I completely agree. I hated clipping Conner’s wings before because he loves being able to fly but it was so dangerous at our last place. He flew into the windows several times.
Wonderful pictures! I just love watching them fly, and the joy they have in flying. Connor is beautiful.
Thanks BP! Conner is really having fun flying. A little too much fun. Yesterday he thought I was sleeping too late so he flew around the room to wake me up.
Awww, he loves it
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