- It's always been my dream.
It always something that I wanted to do.
When I say I want to free fly her they look at me
like I'm crazy, like what, aren't you afraid
she's not gonna come back?
Like, she's gonna fly away and I don't know I
feel like it's worth taking a chance.
I feel like the benefit of it is so much greater
than.
I mean I have Jamie and Dave
are who, two of the best trainers in the world
and they know what they're doing and you know
they're great.
They coach you through it, you know step by step
and, I don't know I just feel like the reward is
just so much greater than the actual chance.
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We've been working with Jamie and Dave
for a couple months now and our biggest problem
is that she's scared of everything.
She spooks very easily.
So, when she's in her comfort zone and it's just
me and her the skills are there.
Her recall is great but when we're somewhere
unfamiliar sounds, all kinds of crazy stuff going
when it just goes all out the window.
Cause her fear just takes over and she
just beelines for wherever she can.
She's been with Jamie and Dave for the
week.
When Dave first, the first time you
came and you filmed like the camera, she just
went crazy.
I was telling Daniel.
- [Dave] She freaked out just with me.
- [Katie] He was just down there you know filming
her and she seemed pretty chill.
- [Katie] The she spent a week with the Womacks.
(Laughter)
- [Dave] I always feel pretty chill after
spending a week with the Womacks.
- [Jamie] Everybody can sleep after a week with
the Womacks.
- [Dave] Well, and tired.
(laughter)
- [Jamie] Tired and.
- With me of course she rotten, she tests her
limits.
Jamie and Dave said that she's been absolutely
great, she's been very, you know friendly and
calm and she overall she's a good, she's not
aggressive.
She's really not loud, I don't have any
complaints, besides her being spooked by
everything.
That's been my biggest challenge, you
know everything up until this point has been a
breeze.
The training, it's all came, you know I have the
two best trainers in the world, you know.
They were there to walk me through it and
everything was great.
The desensitization, that's been the hardest thing
She's curious but she, from a far.
You know, she wants to see what it is but she
just doesn't want to anywhere near it so
hopefully that changes.
She's my baby, I love everything about her.
(laughter)
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She looked like was coming back, right?
- [Dave] Yeah, she was trying.
- [Katie] What a good job baby.
- [Dave] So, she flew into the wind, which is
harder and she realized she was getting far and
made a turn and then the wind pushed her.
- [Katie] Okay.
- [Dave] And then she realized she could turn
sideways and starting coming back and then she
just ran out of energy.
(Kissing sound)
- [Katie] Cool.
- [Dave] How you feeling about Mia?
- [Katie] I mean, I'm disappointed but I mean, I
guess it's further than what we were when you
came to Maryland.
- [Dave] Yeah, these are all steps in the right
direction.
- [Katie] I mean, it's only the first day.
- [Dave] The difference too is that you're seeing
Boomer as a baby.
- [Katie] Yeah.
- [Dave] We're having to train all this for Mia.
- [Katie] Yeah.
- [Dave] So, what, what she did today is totally
expected and you could see us like, ah she is
just gonna go.
- [Katie] Yeah.
- [Dave] So the fact that she came back the first
time, she just didn't have the stamina.
- [Katie] Yeah.
- [Dave] That's all good.
- [Katie] Yeah, and I mean just with all shots in
the background and the four-wheelers, you know
she didn't take off with any of that.
- [Dave] Helicopters flying by.
(laughter)
- [Katie] So I think that's.
- [Camera Operator] Annoyinh camera man.
(laughter)
- [Jamie] Yeah, keep in mind, like don't compare
to Boomer.
- [Katie] Yeah.
- [Jamie] Cause Boomer has a much easier journey
to this, it's more natural.
For her we have a lot more to work through.
- Has she always been flighted or was she clipped
at any point?
- [Katie] She was clipped.
- She was.
- [Katie] Yeah, she was clipped when I first got
her she was clipped and then of course,
afterwards I kept her clipped because that was
what you were told, that's how you keep 'em safe.
You're supposed to keep 'em clipped.
- [Lady In Brown Shirt] If you know better, you
do better, right?
- [Dave] I love the stories of taking clipped
birds and getting them outside, so just realize
over the next few days, you should see a lot of
progress.
Don't be surprised if tomorrow she's just beat
cause physically we pushed her.
And the third day she should have that stamina
built back up.
- [Katie] Okay.
- They build it back up really quickly and she
should be, she should be doing really well.
Like she's not spooked out like she was.
We'll get everything dialed in and she will be great.
- [Jamie] Yeah, keep in mind when we first got
out here, she was like crazy and now she's really
relaxed, so your progress looks different.
- [Katie} Yeah.
We're so much further as far as the
desensitization than she was when we first
started.
I mean she was sitting there and there was shots
being fired in the background.
There was a helicopter that went by.
(Helicopter engine)
There were four-wheelers, they went by and I mean
she just kind of sat there and looked and before
she would have just completely taken off and panic.
So, we don't have the flying progress but we have
the desensitization progress, so I'm excited
about that.
Being around Jamie and Dave's birds I
think is really great too.
Just getting to watch them and seeing how they
act and what they're doing.
Hopefully she's taking notes.
(laughter)
Always love birds and I always wanted a Macaw.
I started out with smaller birds and Mia is my
first you know, my first Macaw but I just love
everything about them.
They're beautiful and I just love 'em.
And being able to give her the gift of actually,
you know doing what she's designed to do, use her
wings and fly, it's great and I hope we get there.
Being out here, I'm not nervous.
When Jamie and Dave are here, I'm not nervous.
I was just excited, I was just hoping that that
was gonna be the flight where like, wow you know
it all sinks in, she's got it.
I mean, she definitely took off, went past me but
she was trying to make that turn to come back so
that's promising, she just didn't have the
stamina, you know to come all the way back.
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it's so exciting, like it's great.
It's there is no feeling to describe it.
It's just absolutely amazing.
Yeah, good job.
Yes, of course.
(laughter)
- [Jamie] Ah we're excited now.
(Bird noise)
Mia.
- [Katie] Good job.
It was amazing.
Today was the best day.
I think she was the most into it, did the most
flights and today was the best day.
I wish we had two or three more days cause I feel
like that would make such a difference.
It sucks cause it feels like once we get into the
routine and pattern, it's time to leave.
(laughter)
I think it really, really helped having her with
Dave and Jamie's birds.
I think that helped give her a lot of the
confidence that she needed, that she was lacking.
They're amazing, they're not only amazing
trainers.
They are awesome people.
When I am with them, I just them 110 percent.
I have no worries, no fears.
I just, they're amazing.
They're amazing.
Right? Are they amazing?
(Laughter)
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(Laughter)
- [Dave] Let it go.
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- Yay!
(Laughter)
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(Bird noises)
(Laughter)
- And we will end on that note.
(laughter)
Good job, yay!
She's saying, give me that banana.
- [Jamie] Oh my gosh.
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