The early days

[WharfRat]

Rea, before she was flighted (and after )

 

[Conuregirl]

Nice pictures! Your bird is a beauty!

 

[MacawGuy]

cool now do you let het fly with the harness on.

 

[taylor_]

GORGEOUS BIRD. and love these photos. especially the one of you holding her up and her wings are open.<3

 

[WharfRat]

now do you let het fly with the harness on.

No, mainly due to not having a long lead for her harness. Rea ain't much of a flier, she'd rather walk across the floor than fly, unless it's just a few feet or so. Now Miri on the other hand is THE flyer of the house, amazing how she can maneuver thru it with that wing span.

 

[MacawGuy]

ok not does she wear a harness on outside. does she fly to you. in did you have to do training with her. i have a scarlet macaw. his wings were clip but im letting them grow out...he wants to fly i can just tell how he acts.. but can you gave me details on how you did it. if you dont want to write here will you pm me

 

[sssaucey]

What a beautiful girl

 

[WharfRat]

Rea really doesn't fly much, her own choosing, the most she'll fly is 3-4ft., either from her cage to one of us or from person to person. I honestly think I could shoulder her outside but won't risk it, never know when a sudden loud noise might startle her. Now Miri, whole nother thing, she loves to fly & we didn't teach her anything, just hold out your arm (or not) and just call her and she flies right to ya.

Rea can fly just fine, she just chooses not to, no idea why. None of our birds are clipped, our choice obviously. As stated somewhere else Miri just started flying to my oldest boy & barely even knows him, he was only here 3-4 days. My youngest is REALLY good at ducking, he ain't too fond of the claws LOL.

 

[Alisana]

If you have the space, a great/fun game to play is "Tag". I played Tag with a YNA and Greenwing, and it was so funny/cute. Every time the greenwing landed on a perch in front of he, he'd give a macaw chuckle. The YNA was content to walk from one end of the enclosure to the other, but finally started flying in the end.

Thanks for sharing your pictures!!

 

[Remy]

What a beautiful bird! She has such sweet facial expressions.

 

[MacawGuy]

ok thank you

 

[wenz2712]

She is a real Beauty

 

[WharfRat]

I played Tag with a YNA and Greenwing

It wouldn't be tag... it'd be a disaster, we have to be very careful to keep the breeds separate when loose or I have to be right on top of them. The Hahn's is the most defiant, although the smallest she ain't afraid of ANY of the others!! Although I have got to have Lani & Rea out on me at the same time before but within arm's reach the entire time.

 

[MacawGuy]

So you breed. In is it only macaws

 

[Alisana]

I played Tag with a YNA and Greenwing

It wouldn't be tag... it'd be a disaster, we have to be very careful to keep the breeds separate when loose or I have to be right on top of them. The Hahn's is the most defiant, although the smallest she ain't afraid of ANY of the others!! Although I have got to have Lani & Rea out on me at the same time before but within arm's reach the entire time.

Ah, that's a shame. For me, just having the two birds to keep an eye on was OK as I could see where each was before moving to a new location. If not, try one on one; or even just hide-and-seek?

 

[WharfRat]

No, not a breeder at all, both GW's are female, Zon's are male, had a neighbor that we became great friends with, she is a breeder but also runs a rescue as well.

 

[MacawGuy]

Cool. Do you do any type of training with them or let them do what they want