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Words that you can hear in this video. Mocha Mocha Mocha come here Come here, come here Good Morning Jousahn (good morning in Cantonese) Snoring sound Cocoa is providing some sound effects in the playground including "you no good".

Helicopters watching. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQnYOcV6wUE?hl=en_US&fs=1

This morning. 03.30.10 I wanted to stand in between Cocoa and the landing platform to video her flight from a different angle. I placed her on the ground and quickly moved to my position but Cocoa flew to me instead. My plan didn't work out.

luvparrots wrote: Same as you, "come here" or "come". Thanks to all for your understanding that I always keep Cocoa as safe as possible when we are outdoor. B)

luvparrots wrote: It could be the weather. I took her out at 10:00am. It was a sunny hot morning. I guess she didn't want to fly in a hot weather. A couple of weeks ago, I took Cocoa to the same place for her regular flying exercise. It was 8am. There were a few crows flying around that morning. It wasn't a problem in the past. On that morning, mid way to the landing platform, Cocoa decided to change course as if she was trying to avoid those crows. When the rope/ leash reached to the max. she turned back and the rope got tangled to a small tree. She flew in circles until she stopped and landed in that tree. The incident caught the attention of the nearby crows and the whole flocks came circling Cocoa. I quickly ran to rescue Cocoa. Cocoa was gripping the leaves with one foot. She was trying to hold on something firm with the other but the branches were too far from her reach. She was about 10ft from the ground and I couldn't reach her. I quickly detached her harness from the rope and placed it around my wrist. I coax her to drop on my palms. The crows were getting very noisy. After a few minutes, Cocoa decided to let go and she landed safely on the ground. I quickly put her on my shoulder and headed home. She was quiet until we reached home. Luckily, nothing untoward happened to her and she recovered very fast. I was labeled a moron by a member in another forum because of my unforeseen mistake as though I purposely put Cocoa in danger. He happens to be a member here too. After the incident, I rested Cocoa for a few days from outdoor flying. In the meantime, I bought a new rope, thinner, lighter and longer. I attached the new rope to the harness and off to flying again. I allowed extra length for her to maneuver should she decides to fly round the small trees along the path. As usual, we went to the same place. This time I made sure no crows were in sight. Cocoa took off like usual. Cocoa flew higher than usual due to the lighter rope. As she was about to reach the landing platform, a common mynah flew past her. Cocoa got distracted by the mynah and she changed course, flew upwards to follow the mynah. Probably she thought it was Mocha. I had no control over the rope. It was tied to a fork like metal (that came together with the Aviator flightline) and was embedded in the ground. The rope was at least 60ft long. When the rope reached to the max. Cocoa had to turn back and was heading towards me. She was flying at least 20ft off the ground. I called out to her and she came back to me, landed on my arm. With all the trainings that she received didn't go to waste. I was so happy she responded to my recall.

With a new lighter and longer rope/ leash, I took Cocoa out for flying exercise yesterday morning. She refused to take off. Not sure why she didn't want to fly yesterday morning. I tried again this morning. Here she goes.

That is water apple. http://www.dnull.com/jambu-air/

The small cages are meant for transporting the parrots. Some of them brought more than 2 parrots.

March 19th 2010. We left home at 7am heading to Fraser's Hill. We wanted to take a break from the soaring heat in the city. We reached the foot of Fraser's Hill at almost 9am. The route to the top of the hill was very winding. It took about 40 minutes to reach to the top. 1/4 way to the top, Cocoa began to throw up. I couldn't stop the car because the road was very narrow. Poor Cocoa had to endure for more than 30 minutes. I felt sorry for her. Some scenic scene along the way to Fraser's Hill. On reaching Fraser's Hill.

Cocoa is a "veteran" on the monkey bars. She fears no one. She thinks she owns those bars and chases away those kids who put their hands on the bars. Cocoa is also well exposed to outside noises. Sandal slapping is nothing to her. Only a passing truck or bus would spook her.

Cocoa having fun

My wife throws a piece of bread and Mocha flies to catch it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJf6u-7BTwE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYuPZ_gNb0s

My wife turns a Hill Mynah into a CAG. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EJdtr2YHAM

This is TooToo who flew out of the house last month. They managed o retrieved him from a coconut tree. This Grey was left with his brother when my friend went for holiday. The bird was depressed that he chewed his feathers during the stay in my friend's brother house. These tiels are for breeding. His wife is feeding a baby Grey. Lovebird chicks. Budgie chicks. Don't worry, the budgie chicks are not meant to be microwaved. My friend took them out for me to take photo.

I posted my 2nd day experiment here when this site was out of service. http://buffaloparrot.smfforfree3.com/index.php/topic,5446.0.html

I wanna share this experiment with you guys. I have read many times in the forums parrots flew out of the entrance door once they have the opportunity to escape. Some of the owners I met told me that too. We are very careful about not leaving our door open and the curtain is always shielding the entrance door. I was curious what if one day I left the door open by accident, would Cocoa take the opportunity to escape like the rest? I have taken Cocoa to many outings and she always stick with me, making no desire to fly away unless something spooks her. I am not sure if she would fly away if the door is left open. So I decided to do an experiment this morning. I wanna know how she is going to react when she sees an open door. I put her on harness and tied the leash to the settee. The leash was about 20ft long. I left the door wide open. Cocoa was standing on the settee and she was facing the door. She was about 4ft away from the door. My wife was sitting in between Cocoa and the door. A few minutes later, Cocoa was on take off mode. I thought she was going to head out of the house. Surprisingly, she flew to my wife's head. That's one of her favorite perches. I placed her on her stand which was about 10ft away from the door. She stood still there and did her preening. My wife walked in and out of the house to see any reaction from her. It seemed that she didn't bother about it. Then I walked out of the house to feed the fishes. Cocoa looked at me as I was walking out but she was still unmoved. 20 minutes had gone and my wife went out to dry some clothes. On seeing my wife walking towards the door, Cocoa flew to my wife's shoulder. When my wife reached the clothes hanger, Cocoa flew up and stood on the hanger. After my wife had completed her chore, I took Cocoa in and placed her back on her stand. The door was still left open but Cocoa didn't fly out. The experiment lasted 45 min. I am glad that Cocoa treats our home as her. She didn't make any attempt to fly off. This is my 1st test on her and I will do more tests regularly. I want her to get used to seeing an open door. And of course I will never do this test without a harness. Even though she is unmoved by the open door this time, it doesn't guarantee she won't take off in future. We never know what they, the parrots are thinking. I shot a video of Cocoa flying this morning. This is the farthest outdoor flight flown by Cocoa. I added another 20ft, making it more than 120ft. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJzCnoGHaXc?hl=en_US&fs=1

My Grey loves chicken bone too. She would ignore the rest of the food if chicken was given to her.

Pics taken this morning. Videos of Mocha taken today. Mocha is wishing himself "Good Morning, Mocha"

My heart was pounding fast as I was reading how Riamfada flew away from you. Glad that she knew how to come back to you. Bravo!

It is amazing to see Riamfada's free flight without the harness. I doubt I ever have the guts to let my Cocoa to fly without the harness no matter how well trained she will be.

That is a long tailed parakeet, a local parrot. The number of this parrot is fast diminishing due to trapping and deforestation.

We had a gathering at a prawn fishing pond yesterday. The pond is owned by the organizer's friend. His name is Bob. By the time I reached there, quite a number of members had already left. There were only a few parrots left for me to take pics. This guy was about to leave when I reached there. This Hahn Macaw is for sale. The cockatiel belongs to Bob, the owner of the fishing pond. My baby, Cocoa. I'll help you to look for ticks. I spread the wings of the Greater Sulfur. Bob is in the background. Videos. Bob helps the Too to spread his wings and the Too closes his wings on command. David and Goliath.

Cocoa's 1st visit to Taman Tasik Seri Gombak (Seri Gombak Lake Park). We went to a small town for lunch. This town is quite a distant from the park. View of Batang Kali town.

Great story. It is amazing that Greys have such a good memory.

This is how Mocha wanted to be fed.