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At the Pet Expo, Joe Krathwohl (The Birdman of Las Vegas) put on a
free-flight bird show. These photos were taken by Steve Duncan. I have his permission to post them here. There is a Vasa Parrot, some Scarlet Macaws, a young Crowned Crane, and some Condors. There are two Toucans that he called ASA Booth Staffers. I assume they just stood around and were pretty. One is a Swainson's Toucan and the other is a Toco Toucan.
I hope you enjoy these. I do not have this kind of courage.
Uncle
04-16-2008, 06:37 PM
Yep - free-flight is beautiful.
Even though these pics are of a controlled environment and they are well trained by professional trainers - there is a risk to each of these birds.
How much of a risk depends on how fast a preditor is. Like I said in one of my other posts - a Falcon can dive at 120 MPH. They are built for speed and agility where as a prey bird is not. That is the balance of nature... preditor eats prey and not the other way around.
Be safe folks... protect your bird at all costs.
Yep - free-flight is beautiful.
Even though these pics are of a controlled environment and they are well trained by professional trainers - there is a risk to each of these birds.
How much of a risk depends on how fast a preditor is. Like I said in one of my other posts - a Falcon can dive at 120 MPH. They are built for speed and agility where as a prey bird is not. That is the balance of nature... preditor eats prey and not the other way around.
Be safe folks... protect your bird at all costs.
There is no amount of money to get me to do that. I am Dot the terrified. Jaime as moxie.
Patty, Linus and Co.
04-16-2008, 09:28 PM
Yep - free-flight is beautiful.
Even though these pics are of a controlled environment and they are well trained by professional trainers - there is a risk to each of these birds.
How much of a risk depends on how fast a preditor is. Like I said in one of my other posts - a Falcon can dive at 120 MPH. They are built for speed and agility where as a prey bird is not. That is the balance of nature... preditor eats prey and not the other way around.
Be safe folks... protect your bird at all costs.
A peregrin falcon can dive at 200mph!! It's like a free fall.
Uncle
04-16-2008, 09:40 PM
200 MPH --- wow!
That makes sense since a falling object such as a bowling ball will reach 220 mph just because of the pull of gravity.
I read that Falcons have 3 eyelids. When they are in a power-dive the third eyelid acts like a high-speed wind screen and secretes fluids to wash off any debri contacting the eye.
They truly are amazing - and frightening - both at the same time.