so I am debating with myself over the ageless argument, to clip or not to clip. I have always believed wing clipping was the proper way to keeping your bird safe. But two incidents got me thinking. First we all went to the park, Baloo was on his harness and got spooked and flew off my finger but since he was leashed he was flying in one place. So fred and i wanted to see if we ran with him as he was in his harness, would he "fly"? So I ran with Baloo and sure ienough his little feet tucked in and he "flew", it was so cute. When we got home he was quiet and and grooming himself and playing with is inside toys, rather than screaming to get our attention. Then I went to the Pet Expo where I saw a bird trainer and his free flighted birds which was just beautiful. It was so unique seeing a scarlet Macaw in a tree. And now I have been reading that being able to fly, parrots become more intelligent as they are excercising all parts of the brain and body and they are happier and better excercised. I by no means want Baloo to be free flighted as he is almost a year old and from what I read , past his prime training time, AND I am not a proffessional trainer and I am terrified of anything happeining to him, but what about harness flying? I thought maybe he could be semi-flighted,lol? is there such a thing? That way whie he is on a harness he can fly about to get exercise. Well I ordered the Aviator harness to replace the Feather Teather he has since it is so inconvenient to put on and the latch bothers him, and then well see. I just want him to exercise and have high self-esteem, like any teenage boy :)