{"id":1344,"date":"2023-07-29T00:49:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T05:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windycityparrot.com\/blog\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2023-07-29T00:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T05:49:11","slug":"mechanics-birds-wondrous-wings-probably-didnt-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?p=1344","title":{"rendered":"Mechanics of Your Bird’s Wondrous Wings & Clay Lick News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0– what you probably didn’t know ~ You feel it’s best to clip your bird’s wings – right?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A lot of you know us well, but many of you don\u2019t. To be clear – we’re here to help whether you want to keep your bird flighted or flightless. We can talk about flight training and explore “degrees” of clipping. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most importantly we want you to know birds use their wings for more than flight<\/a><\/span>, like balance when on their feet and muscle strength maintenance.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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That said, the Confederate Army fought the Union Army. Longer and louder than the Hatfields and McCoy\u2019s – the argument for & against wing clipping lives on. In the interest of world peace, I\u2019m not going to talk about either today. We are just going to talk about – “wings” made of parrot feathers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever thought of your bird’s wings as “biomechanical check valves”? Slowing down to smell the roses sometimes just isn’t slow enough.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What if you happen to have access to a high frame speed professional super duper slow-motion camera and someone gave you the camera & a plane ticket to Peru and then said “Go my son – take the fast slow camera to South America and make remarkable videos of parrots in the wild”?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Destin, who makes these incredible videos (below) is so matter-of-fact throughout the entire discovery process, allowing his unbelievable content to overshadow (in a good way) his self-depreciative narrative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n