parrotvolancy

15/10/2025

If I wasn't focused on my cockatiel stuff, I would go for this. Amazing potential free-flyers.

I have 3 babies left looking for their forever homes💛 🏡 2 Males and 1 Female.

04/10/2025

Hey guys, I have one little baby budgie for adoption. They are an "only child". (Most of you know that I try to avoid the budgies having babies anymore, but it does still happen occasionally.) This baby is parent-raised, but I have been handling them and spending time with them to get them used to humans and different sights/sounds. As they get closer to fledging, I am doing this more often. Today we did a walk around outside with them nestled in my hand so they could observe the environment while still feeling safe. I would really like this baby to go to a budgie-lover--maybe someone with a single budgie who needs a friend? Please message me! :]
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15/09/2025

***ADOPTION NEEDED ASAP. LOCATION: HARRISBURG, PA BUT WILLING TO TRAVEL.***

Hey guys, Blu's last adoption situation didn't work out (it happens), so she still needs a home! PLEASE SHARE! DM ME FOR OWNER'S CONTACT INFO!

"I’m urgently looking for a home for my five year old lovebird, Blu. She’s very social, so she must be rehomed to a home with other small parrots.

Blu is hand-tame and super smart, but like most lovebirds, has some behavioral issues that will require a patient and experienced owner to work with her. She currently free roams in my room all day, so I’d prefer she goes to a home where she can continue having that freedom.

I’m putting down her mate next month due to health issues, and I’m worried she will struggle being alone, hence the urgency. I am also going to college in the fall and can’t take her with me. She will come with her cage, toys, treats, and food. She is on a chop and pellet diet, and I’d prefer she stays on a similar diet.

I live in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but I am willing to travel for the right home."
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02/09/2025

***ADOPTION: TEXAS. PLEASE SHARE IF IN THE AREA.***

"This is Isis. She's a Blue and Gold Macaw. Her last owner said she is a Blue and Gold/Catalina hybrid but I don't see it. She is 20+ years old. She has scissor beak and a couple missing toes. She wasn't treated very nicely by her first owner (her only owner besides myself). She was punished for screaming and biting by being hit with a fly swatter. She lived in a room with about 10 other large parrots. Thats how she lost some toes. She can be very sweet but it takes a very very quiet and calm enviorment to get her to that point. If she isn't on her cage then she typically just freaks out until she makes it back to her cage. The video [will post in the comments] shows a very mild example of this as she is used to me and my house by now and there were no loud noises or sudden movements. She has seizures if she's restrained in any way. This makes it difficult to trim her beak and nails. Shes never had her wings clipped but cannot fly due to being caged most of the time in her first 20 years of life. I feel like she would thrive with someone who could give her a lot of attention and doesn't have a lot going on in their house. I've fostered her for about a year, but I can't keep her. I've kept her as long as I could, but she's a very hard bird to find a home for. I won't let her go to the wrong place even if it puts my life on hold for a while."
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24/07/2025

Why free flight? Because people need to know, no matter how small the bird, exactly how big a spirit they are caging.
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23/07/2025

***This is for online help/training.*** Why? Because I feel this is the right thing to do. I can't go back in time and undo my mistakes, but I can help other birds live a better life. I know by now that most people either can't or won't pay for bird training. I don't want there to be any excuses anymore. If you want your bird to live a better life, all you have to do is listen and put in the effort. I will even help you train for free flight if you and your bird(s) are good candidates. I'm mainly thinking of all the macaws and cockatoos out there who could free-fly if someone just put in the work. If you want to make it happen, money no longer stands in your way. Nowadays most of the people with small birds who message me about free flight decide against it because I tell them about the risks and commitment involved. I'm honest about all of that, which I think has prevented a lot of people and birds who were not suited for free flight from pursuing it.

This free help would be of the kind that I have found myself providing for a while, over messages and voice notes, where I can fit it into my schedule. I am going to make a Google Form to gather information from people to streamline the process. There may be other factors standing in the way of your bird learning to fly or free-fly, but now money isn't. I don't have time for Patreon and haven't for a while, so it is now simply a donation platform to help me pay for the website and for anyone who wishes to support my mission.

I know for a fact some people are going to find a way to be angry about this, but there is nothing to be angry about. I'm not competing with anyone, and I'm not going to condone free flight for any person or bird for whom it is unsuitable. In fact, I want people interested to discuss it with me and see if it's even right for them instead of attempting it solo. If I do help someone with FF, I'm going to make sure I support them appropriately.

I want to see more birds flying and living enriching lives in captivity. Most of the people following me don't need this help, I know. But maybe someone you know does. Maybe someone you encounter online does. All I can do is put it out there.

22/07/2025

***FOSTER/ADOPTION: YORK COUNTY, PA. PLEASE SHARE IF IN THE AREA.***

"Pip and Reu are in need of a potential long-term foster/rehome situation in/around York County, Pennsylvania.

Both birds are generally happy to do their own thing, or receive attention. They know a variety of tricks including step up, recall, perch, wave, spin, etc. and are not picky about what they are eating. Both must remain flighted, and will leave on contract in a rehome situation.

They would come with their cage, food, a large bin of toys, and perches.

The caveat: They cannot travel far from the location, or be in a stressful living situation. Pip is medically complex and needs a caretaker who is in tune with their animals and their needs, as well as willing to learn, or already be able to provide, supportive care where necessary, including medicating and handfeeding. Both birds were prior freeflyers, but I’d ask that they not continue freeflying in a new home. I would happily keep in touch and provide advice when needed, or take them back if needed."

P.S. This person loves their birds, they are just in need of some help right now. They are more than happy to discuss details with you.

14/07/2025

I was really pleased with Aesop and Arkady yesterday. We had the meetup and interview with about captive parrot care, flight, and free flight. Towards the end when things calmed down a bit, I took Aesop and Arkady out so Ali could get pictures of us together, and they were quite comfortable. Aesop wanted to fly after being cooped up all day (even being in the 30-foot net is cooped up from his perspective), and Arkady of course followed. She is moulting, so she ended up sitting in one spot in a tree, preening. Tree-sitting is unusual for Arkady, but I can't blame her; she looked really cosy up there enjoying the beautiful weather. Aesop came down once but went back up when he realised Arkady wasn't following so he could look out for her. Eventually, Arkady decided she was ready to come down. She was a bit reluctant to go in the cage, probably because she had had enough of it for one day, but both seemed happy to be home on their seagrass swing after a long day of excitement.

Thank you, Carley Ward, for recording their descent!
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05/07/2025

Here are some clips of Havoc in his new home (Bobby and Loren’s Pet Adventures), where he gets to free-fly all day on the property and interact with people. I could have never given him this, but it's what he needs and deserves. I was shocked at how many negative responses there were to Mikey and Mia being rehomed to WILD Zoological Park. While I am generally SUPER skeptical of anything zoo-related when it comes to parrots, it was clear that this place goes above and beyond.

With firsthand experience rehoming free-flyers and helping quite a few birds who needed to find new homes, I know that 1.) birds need the right lifestyle that suits them more than they need a specific human and 2.) free-flyers and birds with a mate or flock tend to be pretty adaptable. The move seemed highly beneficial for Mikey and Mia, who, like Havoc, had more or less outgrown living inside a house. I couldn't believe the number of people saying that Mikey and Mia would be depressed. I even saw people saying that they would know they were being abandoned by their parents like an orphaned child... Yes, they are pretty advanced socially and emotionally, but they're not eternal babies; they grow up and form other bonds. The bottom line is that birds are not house pets. Some become irreversibly habituated to that and have a mate bond with their human that is honestly unhealthy, but this tends not to be the case with free-flyers or birds that have other birds they are bonded to as well as human(s).

Havoc and I will always have a bond, but I did my best to prevent him from seeing me as a mate. He is honestly pretty content with any female human's friendship and social interaction. I do NOT think it's okay to get a bird on a whim only to put them up on Craigslist later, asking for a fee to recoup your finances. However, to me it is equally wrong to hold for dear life to the principle that a bird cannot be rehomed, even when the bird's needs are not being met. This is how people end up with birds languishing in cages in living rooms. Sometimes rehoming IS the best thing for the bird. If you're still upset, be upset at all the birds who will never get to experience a fraction of what Mikey and Mia do.

19/06/2025

Part 6 of having all five cockatiels (Aesop, Arkady, Daedalus, Baby 1, and Baby 5) out at the same time.
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17/06/2025

Part 5 of having all five cockatiels (Aesop, Arkady, Daedalus, Baby 1, and Baby 5) out at the same time.
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