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Pet Forum / Birds / Birds / December 2007Flight
Good article about the importance of flight for parrots: http://www.theparrotuniversity.com/flight.php Regards > Good article about the importance of flight for parrots: > > http://www.theparrotuniversity.com/flight.php > > Regards I enjoyed reading the article, and appreciated its insights.  SignatureDave www.davebbq.com "Dave Bugg" <davebugg2@yahoo.com> wrote in news:6qX7j.119$5_3.35 @newsfe07.lga: >> Good article about the importance of flight for parrots: >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I enjoyed reading the article, and appreciated its insights. "The bird may fly onto the stove or into a boiling pot of water. Birds can learn more quickly than us where danger is. A parrot can be easily taught that a stove is dangerous. If he finds himself accidentally headed in that direction he can easily hover like a helicopter and fly in another direction." So how do you teach this to a bird? If they fly into a pot of boiling water they will die. > "The bird may fly onto the stove or into a boiling pot of water. > Birds can learn more quickly than us where danger is. A parrot can be [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > So how do you teach this to a bird? If they fly into a pot of boiling water > they will die. I'd bet more flightless pet birds are killed by being stepped on by humans than fully flighted ones killed by flying into objects, including fires and boiling water. Birds can feel heat and instinctively avoid it just a human does. >> "The bird may fly onto the stove or into a boiling pot of water. >> Birds can learn more quickly than us where danger is. A parrot can be [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > including > fires and boiling water. I highly doubt it. Birds can feel heat and instinctively > avoid > it just a human does. I had one that didn't. >> Birds can feel heat and instinctively >> avoid it just a human does. >> > I had one that didn't. What happened? Was your bird a strong flyer or clipped? Louis Boyd <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> wrote in news:fjsn4e$aj2$1 @onion.ccit.arizona.edu: >>> Birds can feel heat and instinctively >>> avoid it just a human does. >>> >> I had one that didn't. > > What happened? Was your bird a strong flyer or clipped? I can't recall but I learned to never leave my birds out when the stove is in use. >I'd bet more flightless pet birds are killed by being stepped on by >humans than fully flighted ones killed by flying into objects, including > fires and boiling water. Birds can feel heat and instinctively avoid >it just a human does. I definitely know of more birds that were stepped on than were boiled. I know of quite a few that flew out an open door or window too. Thankfully mine have quickly learned how to land on window perches without crashing into the window, and none of them have been injured by crashing into anything, even though they are all fully flighted. I think my birds avoid the stove because of the reaction they got from me the first time they flew too close to it while I was cooking. A deranged human who is screaming and flailing her arms is enough to traumatize them for life. Two of my present budgies decided to visit me while I was standing at the stove...once. Although they sit on their cage and watch me cook now, making little begging chirpsthey don't come near me during that time. Becky >> "The bird may fly onto the stove or into a boiling pot of water. >> Birds can learn more quickly than us where danger is. A parrot can be [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > fires and boiling water. Birds can feel heat and instinctively avoid > it just a human does. I think birds are more likely to get injured or killed flying into windows than into fires or boiling water. It's quite easy though to teach them about windows. Even the one of mine that's (probably) retarded understood windows very quickly. All I needed to do was take them up close to the window and tap on it so they could "see" that it wasn't open air. I did get worried when two of them (who were clutchmates) invented a game where they'd see how close they could fly full speed at the window and then do a complete turn and come flying back. They also used to come into land on me, then zoom off, turn round and land the other way round, almost before I'd noticed. The aerial acrobatic ability of them was amazing. Alan > I think birds are more likely to get injured or killed flying into > windows than into fires or boiling water. It's quite easy though to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Alan I was raised on a farm where doors were either solid wood or screens. My mother took me with her shopping in a city when I was about four and ran into a thick glass door. I hit hard enough to get a bloody nose. It only took once for me to understand the concept of glass doors. All my bird have been raised in rooms with windows and they were allowed to sit in window sills where they could test the glass with their beaks. None has ever flown into a window. During the same time a couple wild birds who never had the opportunity to learn about glass killed themselves on the same glass from the outside. Birds aren't stupid but they do need experience to learn about their environment. If you have flighted pet birds by all means let them feel the glass them for themselves while sitting beside it. It's also interesting to watch various birds placed near a large mirror for the first time. My scarlet lunged at her own image a few times then walked around the mirror to see if the other bird was behind the glass. It took about an hour for her to realize the other bird was herself. Ever since she just struts in front of the mirror admiring her good looks. Most of the birds just ignore the reflection after a brief initial territorial display which only happens once. > I think birds are more likely to get injured or killed flying into windows > than into fires or boiling water. It's quite easy though to teach them [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Alan This post, Alan, reminds me of how darn cute the baby pyrrhuras are when they begin to hover. They are like fat little bumble bees just trying quick test flights right around my head. They amaze themselves. If anyone here hasn't tried Second Life, you too can fly. I'm having the time of my life. SecondLife.com SignatureSincerely, Joanne If it's right for you, then it's right, . . . . . for you!!! http://www.jobird.com Wonders of Western Washington Video collection: http://www.jobird.com/private/wondersindex.htm |
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