Train the macaw

A game to learn free flight training

How to play

1. Move the syringe with your finger to where you want the bird to go and let go: that is the cue.
2. Wait for it to come on its own. When it arrives, the trainer marks it with a click and a “Good!”, and gives it a small bite.
3. A little parrot flies in and gives you recommendations: it pays to follow them.
4. Ask for a little more each time: too big a step and it will not go.
5. In phase 1 it walks along two perches set in a V. Once it follows you, move them apart little by little: it crosses the gap in one step, then hops and finally flies.
6. You decide when to end the session, when to open the aviary door and when to go outside. Rush it and the bird can get lost.
7. If a hawk shows up and it is well trained, it flies back to the aviary on its own: that is its safe place, because it already flies well and has returned to it many times. If not, it gets scared, flies away and you lose it.
8. You win when, outside, it makes the longest flights, visits both feeding stations and returns to the aviary from the farthest one.

Teaching game. Here the bird learns in minutes so that a game is short. The real process can take days, weeks or even a few months, and must be supervised by veterinarians, biologists and specialized caretakers. Watch the animation of the method