Since Patagonians, like Red-fronted Macaws, dig their nests in the side of mountains and clay hills, they adapted the ability to hover before landing. Our Princess recently molted all her clipped primaries and is flying again. I love to watch her hover in mid-air while she's choosing the perfect spot to land on her play top.

I find it very interesting...thing of all the excess energy it must take to just hover in one spot for several seconds!

Now if you could get that on film!

Congrats - so happy to hear she's going well with flying & hovering!

That would be so amazing to see. I love pantagonians.

That's so cool! I see my budgies and tiel hover in flight but it must be so awesome to see an even larger bird hover.

Neat! A little helicopter bird!

I love the way it looks like they making choices in flight where to go

You know, I remember reading about Patagonians digging their nests, but I never put two and two together as to them hovering, but of course they'd have to. That's so cool!

Would love to see video of that.

Another name for Patagonian Conure is "Burrowing Parrot", if you did not know.

I don't know why I have not thought about getting flights shots of her or taking videos of her in action...I realllllllllllllllllly am busy!!! You know something's up when I don't obsess over photography