Birdman666
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Presently have six Greenwing Macaw (17 yo), Red Fronted Macaw (12 yo), Red Lored Amazon (17 y.o.), Lilac Crowned Amazon (about 43 y.o.) and a Congo African Grey (11 y.o.)
Panama Amazon (1 Y.O.)
So, many of you know my "flock leader" is a red lored amazon, that I've had for somewhere around 15 years now, and is one of my most bonded birds ever...
And I keep her fully flighted, and she's recalled, and she goes outside every day, and she has "special privileges" around here. One of those special privileges is free flying. A second one is the right to stay outside by herself in her tree if she doesn't feel like coming in when everyone else does... (She quite literally calls me when she's ready to come in.)
So, tonight, weather wise, it was PERFECT outside, and I had the birds outside for about two hours. Then the sun started to go down, and everyone went in except Sally... She was in the very tip top of the tree, and gave me a look like, are you crazy? It's nice out here, I'll call you when I'm done....
Okay, well we do this a lot, so not unusual.
Only now it's really getting dark, and she's still not calling me...
So I go outside and start talking to the tree. Time to come in... giving the recall signal.
NOTHING.
i SEARCH THE TREE... SHE'S NO LONGER IN IT. SHE WENT FLYING, WITH ME NOT OUT THERE TO WATCH... CRAP!!! i HAVE NO IDEA WHICH DIRECTION SHE WENT, SO i DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
So, I stand out front, calling her and whistling... STILL NOTHING...
Ten minutes goes by.... panic is beginning to set in.
Okay. Remain calm. She wouldn't leave the subdivision. She's in a tree in the area. Just gotta figure out which tree... but it's so late, I might not get her back until tomorrow morning. I HATE that idea...
I was just about to go knocking on doors and asking my neighbors to check their trees... and I give it one last call... and in the distance THANK GOD! I hear a frantic squawk... and the next thing I know Sallybird is making a circle back to our tree...
And she quickly waddled down, and did the press her cheek up against mine thing. Since she's been inside, she can only be what I can describe as "clingy" which means the reason she didn't come back when I called her was that something REALLY spooked her... she was waiting til the coast was clear to come back.
I don't think I want to know what it was!
Needless to say, this, once again, scared the crap outta me...
I don't want to take that away from her, BUT I also don't want to go through this again. I'm thinking about clipping her again.
Losing her would kill me!
And I keep her fully flighted, and she's recalled, and she goes outside every day, and she has "special privileges" around here. One of those special privileges is free flying. A second one is the right to stay outside by herself in her tree if she doesn't feel like coming in when everyone else does... (She quite literally calls me when she's ready to come in.)
So, tonight, weather wise, it was PERFECT outside, and I had the birds outside for about two hours. Then the sun started to go down, and everyone went in except Sally... She was in the very tip top of the tree, and gave me a look like, are you crazy? It's nice out here, I'll call you when I'm done....
Okay, well we do this a lot, so not unusual.
Only now it's really getting dark, and she's still not calling me...
So I go outside and start talking to the tree. Time to come in... giving the recall signal.
NOTHING.
i SEARCH THE TREE... SHE'S NO LONGER IN IT. SHE WENT FLYING, WITH ME NOT OUT THERE TO WATCH... CRAP!!! i HAVE NO IDEA WHICH DIRECTION SHE WENT, SO i DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
So, I stand out front, calling her and whistling... STILL NOTHING...
Ten minutes goes by.... panic is beginning to set in.
Okay. Remain calm. She wouldn't leave the subdivision. She's in a tree in the area. Just gotta figure out which tree... but it's so late, I might not get her back until tomorrow morning. I HATE that idea...
I was just about to go knocking on doors and asking my neighbors to check their trees... and I give it one last call... and in the distance THANK GOD! I hear a frantic squawk... and the next thing I know Sallybird is making a circle back to our tree...
And she quickly waddled down, and did the press her cheek up against mine thing. Since she's been inside, she can only be what I can describe as "clingy" which means the reason she didn't come back when I called her was that something REALLY spooked her... she was waiting til the coast was clear to come back.
I don't think I want to know what it was!
Needless to say, this, once again, scared the crap outta me...
I don't want to take that away from her, BUT I also don't want to go through this again. I'm thinking about clipping her again.
Losing her would kill me!
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