Hi everyone
I'm the new dad of a 14 week Yellow-crowned Amazon called Isis - and still getting used to the pleasures and anxieties of owning a flighted bird!
Isis hasn't been clipped, but she spends several hours of supervised time out of her cage every day. I've been reading the posts here about indoor freeflight - and am interested to read that some people have successfully introduced their birds to the windows and mirrors in their enviroment. Our bird's breeder sternly told us that all our windows must be curtained and every mirror removed or covered - for fear the bird would fly into them and break her neck...!
We don't have a large house, and most of the windows are small anyway - but we do have a conservatory that I wanted to let her into for sunshine in the cold UK winter; I've been trying to think of ways to obscure the glass roof and windows - and have even been looking at decals and bead curtains! (it's so large that I couldn't afford to have professional blinds). Interestingly - we have a window mounted bird feeder, regularly visited by an expanding collony of sparrows living in the hedge that borders our garden - and we have never had a single strike from them in 4 years.
So - do we need to remove/cover all mirrors and drape our house in nets - or will Isis learn under careful supervision?
David