Can Older or Plucked Parrots Learn to Fly?

I saw a comment the other day that really struck me. Someone said that because they didn't teach their bird to fly as a baby, that it would simply never be able to learn. I don't want anyone believing that about their birds that didn't learn to fly at the fledging age. Yes, a bird learning to fly as a baby is ideal, it's how nature intended, HO...
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Plucking: Sometimes it’s the Symptom, Not the Problem


Photo by Dave
Location: Waynesboro, VA
Beginning stages of plucking shown: Galah “Bondi”

 

As our tour comes to an end there have been some major changes for us and our birds. To name a few off the top of my head:

 

  • We sent the aviaries to powder coating and Chet’s house so he could have them for his birds while we traveled through Washington state. So no more aviaries for our birds for the last month of tour.
  • The arrival of Rocko our baby toco toucan.
  • Lots ...

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