Trust of bird

Sorry for asking so many questions, but I've been looking into harnesses, I've finally trained my bird Penny to go upside and feel safe so I feel that its time to train him, but what interested me is how birds such as Falcons or Hawks people get to hunt with comes back while so many people have their parrots fly away and never come back? Is there a reason for why parrots dont come back and why wild animals such as Falcons or Hawks do? Does it have to do with the person being with the Falcon or Hawk since it hatched and would it be the same with a parrot? I only ask because of my interest in things and I think it would be cool if there was research on the reason why parrots fly away and Hawks and Falcons don't, well not as much

Falcons get trained to return usually by food deprivation, it only eats from The Hand, if I remember correctly. And a lot of parrots don't fly away on purpose, they just get lost almost immediately. They don't have some special homing ability , like the famous homing pigeons. Our very own Birdman had his macaw trained to fly and return very well, but a random gust of wind took her up and over her owners out reached arm, and she got immediately lost as all roof tops look the same, especially if you have never seen one. If you want to read a heart rendering story, read his in the Amazon section. I guarantee you will be crying, just as all of did. He is still searching for his Maggie. So my friend, harness train your parrot. I know I am.

Hawks and Falcons do fly away sometimes, or are plain stubborn and stay sitting in a tree even with food lures

wrench13 said:

Falcons get trained to return usually by food deprivation, it only eats from The Hand, if I remember correctly. And a lot of parrots don't fly away on purpose, they just get lost almost immediately. They don't have some special homing ability , like the famous homing pigeons. Our very own Birdman had his macaw trained to fly and return very well, but a random gust of wind took her up and over her owners out reached arm, and she got immediately lost as all roof tops look the same, especially if you have never seen one. If you want to read a heart rendering story, read his in the Amazon section. I guarantee you will be crying, just as all of did. He is still searching for his Maggie. So my friend, harness train your parrot. I know I am.

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Yeah I'm not going to take Penny out or any other future bird I might get outside without a harness.

Actually, many BOP's are wild caught birds, not captive raised. They are also weight managed, not deprived of food. Weight management essentially is finding the highest weight that the bird is willing to still work for food. This weight can be *OVER* what the bird would normally weigh on average, therefore, they are not being starved. If they were starved, they would become highly aggressive with food and may (or may not) weigh less than their average weights.



Having a bird fly back to you on command is called Recall Training. Recall Training can be done indoors only and can be a great way to increase the chances of rescuing a bird that gets outside because they have that training already instilled in them. However, being in an unfamiliar area can make them freeze (afraid to move) or take flight away from whatever may scare them, so it helps to get a bird accustomed to a variety of situations, too.


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmaqOeheQBA"]Baby Parrot Training SKILLS plus In-home Freeflight Flying RECALL - YouTube[/ame]