by patti » Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:18 am
Lily crashed into me once. Really crashed into me. My entire apartment is open - including the second floor. truly the greatest fun for a flighted bird. There is a wall on the first floor holding up the loft of the second floor. that wall creates a hallway in the downstairs that leads outside on one end. The wall also contains a door into the bathroom (which is always closed) and a doorway into the kitchen. Lily likes to do dive-bomb style circles from the living room. She always goes clockwise when she does her circles for some reason.... from the living room, over the partial wall and into the kitchen, and around through that doorway, then back out into the living area.
But this day I happened to be walking into the kitchen (counterclockwise) when she was flying out of it. In a blind spot for her. She didn't see me at all and hit me square in the face. All smooshed into my eye socket, and she really stunned herself. And me too, because she really hit me hard! It was a moment of really excited flying. I was real worried about her given how hard she hit me. thought about putting her in the dark, watching her "like a hawk" and maybe calling the vet. but in less than a minute she was totally fine.