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From: mep@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (mary.e.pasternak)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: birds that have the fly
Message-ID: <2504@cbnewsd.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Oct 89 21:51:06 GMT
References: <2299@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: mep@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (mary.e.pasternak,ihp,)
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In article <2299@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> nora@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (nora.y.mclaughlin) writes:

>Question, what does a Macaw or other large bird feel like
>when it flies and lands on your head or shoulder?  That would
>be reason enough for my to clip.  And I do.

It depends:

1. When I first got my macaw felt like a rather large THUD on my head, 
neck, shoulder, arm or whatever she happened to land on.

2. After a while, I got used to (she trained me :-)) her landing on
me whenever she felt like it.  Eventually, the sound of flapping feathers 
of a macaw in flight caused me to instinctively raise an arm for her
to land on (as opposed to her landing on my head or somewhere else less
appropriate).  In this situation, the thud was much smaller ...


Mary Pasternak
att!ihlpn!mep