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Episode 111: Happy World Parrot Day! (with NEI's Winged Encounters Team)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc.

English - June 02, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes - 27 MB
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In honor of World Parrot Day, Chris is joined by Katelyn, Megan, Kamille, Keegan, Lizzi, and Aaron from NEI's Winged Encounters team to talk all the work they're doing right now to train a dozen new birds to join their free-flight macaw experience at That Major Theme Park in Central Florida That We Don't Talk About. They discuss the path from the birds' earliest training to the work being done right now onsite in the park, share the fun of being 50ft in the air during "lift training," reflect on all the changes we've made to our training practices since we first started setting up the show in 2013, and take a quick survey of the folks in the room to see which of the new birds are currently their favorite.  Have a question or something you'd like us to discuss on the show? Let us know at [email protected]!