- Hey, Steve.
I'm, I'm getting interviewed right now.
So I need like five minutes.
By Jamie and David.
I'm gonna be famous,
I'm gonna be all over the YouTube.
(both laughing)
Okay, bye.
(upbeat music)
Hi, I'm Olga,
and this is my little birdy bird,
he's not that little though, Charlie.
And I'm from Southern California.
Charlie's one, a little bit over one year old.
- [Dave] Oh, here we go.
- Alright, so let's position ourselves for wind again.
So you're right over here.
Woo, jackpot.
- It seemed like the best decision for my birds.
It feels very natural that birds have to fly and be outside.
It looked beautiful and pretty like a pretty cool hobby
you know, for me and for my family.
I guess, you know, this is so far I can think of,
but the main one was that I feel like it's the best thing
you can do for your bird.
So I actually found bird tricks by, you know
literally Googling about birds and how to handle them.
I had some, you know, issues with Charlie behavior
and I have another bird African Grey, you know
and it was the whole chaos at my house.
And I had one month old baby.
Actually, near my house I ran into two other people
who are part of your group, Shanice and Mica.
And they were with one of their birds
on the horn is it like coffee shops.
So I thought that was pretty cool.
You know, we approached them
with my husband and started talking
and they mentioned you guys, and I'm like,
I'm gonna go back and look into, you know,
BirdTricks a little bit more.
I heard from Shanice about the school free flying course.
And I already, even before contacted you
I already made decision to do that.
So there you go.
It was word of...
It was both, it was Google and it was word of mouth.
There was a moment where I thought,
well, that's it, he flew away.
And when I was looking at Dave, I'm like, what do I do now?
And he's like, why don't you call him?
So, and I started calling Charlie, we had another, you know
free flyer there, Heather with her macaw
who she sent out and that helped, you know
I guess for Charlie to figure out and return
but there was this, you know, rush of adrenaline too.
That was my first experience, you know.
It was, I was excited, nervous and that rush of adrenaline.
And I thought my bird about to fly away.
- [Dave] So how do you feel?
- Yeah, I mean, it, it was fun.
- Was it what you expected for first day?
- You know, I did not know what to expect, honestly like.
I, so I think it was...
It was better than what I expected.
I had some kind of fear that Charlie just gonna take off
and will be looking for him all day long.
- Yeah, that's a rational fear.
It's all right.
But he did great.
- But yeah, he did amazing.
- I have the same fear.
- Yeah, I think you were nervous actually more than I was.
- You know, like for example today
and we are just coming back from, you know
after free flying our birds
I almost had like this rush of adrenaline.
Dave was very easy to work with, very responsive.
He was there when I needed him.
- [Dave] Wait, who's eating the treats?
- He wasn't eating it.
He was flying.
- What's in your mouth? (giggles)
- Nothing.
- Good job, Charlie.
Good job.
- You know, beside that,
I met a couple of pretty cool people too, out here, so.
I'd say it's like the ultimate, you know, experience
which was nothing I expected.
For Charlie to figure out and return
but there was this, you know, rush of adrenaline too.
That was my first experience.
You know, it was, I was excited, nervous, and.