KB>> This bird wasn't an outdoor bird.
KB>Why do you think so, when he was taken outside that day?
KB>How will you know, that this was the first time, the lady took the bird
KB>out?
THe owner said the bird did not live in an outdoor aviary. She lived
inside with the humans. Thus, the bird was not *kept* outside where
she'd be acclimated to cool weather and high winds--she was probably as
uncomfortable as any human who wasn't dressed for the cool weather.
KB>> And it wasn't clipped, so if it did manage to get the leash off, it was
KB>> going to get away...
KB>And...?
KB>A good trained human fixed parrot will fly onto the next persons shoulder,
KB>when lonely.
...not if there are high winds such as were happening that day. The bird
would have been blown away, across the nearby river (or into it). And
given the bird's behavior as I watched it, it wasn't a "good trained
human fixed parrot". I suspect it was a cage bird who wasn't taught to
fly TO humans--it was too shy, even toward it's handler, to be a really
human-bonded bird.
KB>If you mean that the "cruel woman" was a bad aviculturist, you'd be
KB>satisfied when the bird changes his home! ;-)
I'd be satisfied if the woman just learned a bit more about the birds in
her care...
--Kathy
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