Quaker Flight

[Aloysius]

I bought a Quaker parrot several weeks ago and it's just now trying to fly. I have heard that some birds can fly even though their wings are clipped such as Mini Macaws, and since I have to keep my bird's wings because it's not legal in Ohio I wondering if Quakers could do the same.

Shiloh
Me

[Michael]

Wow, I did not realize there was such a law but sure enough Ohio allows Quaker Parrots to be kept only if wings are clipped. State mandated animal abuse any one?

As for the question, it partly depends on how severe the clip is, how strong the bird is, how much it wants to fly. Generally though most parakeets do a better job flying with wings clipped than larger and/or short tailed parrots.

[sora no tori]

True. Conrad would drop like a rock if not for his wings...Sometimes he does anyway. Clumsy thing.

[liz]

Poor Rambo has no flight feathers at all. He does controlled crashes and is very jeleouse of Myrtles flying.

Because I have ceiling fans, Myrtle flies low to miss them. I had to duck this morning when she went through. That felt odd to have a bird that big causing a breeze over my head.

[sora no tori]

This may seem like a total noob question but what's it like to have a bird the size of an amazon flying around your home? The biggest flighted bird I've ever dealt with is Conrad and he's like a pocket parrot compared to something big and powerful like your birds.

[liz]

I really don't consider Rambo and Myrtle to be big. Cockatoos and Macaws are big. Mine are just a medium.

I can feel the air move as Myrtle goes by. She has started grabbing a strand of my hair then letting go just to let me know she was going by.

The funny ones are the love birds Tweetle Dee & Tweetle Dumb. They make the wind whistle when they fly. It is almost like a humming bird.

I can hear the tiels flap but that is all. They don't do a wind whistle and can only feel the air move if they are doing strifing runs.

But it is wonderful to see a bird in flight.