Flying With Bird.

@jaynepal (226)
Nepal
January 4, 2017 3:41am CST
Do you know In Nepal, there are trained birds that will fly with you as you go Parahawking. Have you ever done Parahawking or Paragliding , or is it in your bucket list to do in 2017 ? It is amazing to fly in sky like a bird with the breathtaking bird's view of the nature including lake and the mountains. Info about Birds, referred from their website parahawking.com - " All of our birds are rescue birds. This means that our birds came to us because they were found injured, orphaned or sometimes kept as pets in small cages. As part of the Himalayan Raptor Rescue project, we rescue many birds each year which we can successfully rehabilitate and return to the wild. Birds that are brought to us when they are very young have to reared by us which means they become imprinted on humans. This makes it very difficult to return these birds back to the wild. These are the birds we train for Parahawking. Parahawking is an award winning project, it was voted Best Enrichment Behaviour by the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators (IAATE) in 2011 " Picture- During Parahawking in Pokhara Nepal.
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@MALUSE (69390)
• Germany
4 Jan 17
Fascinating as it sounds it's definitely not on my bucket list. I suffer from vertigo. I wonder how the birds were trained to fly so close to people.
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@jaynepal (226)
• Nepal
4 Jan 17
Sorry to hear that you have Vertigo, I referred to their website about the Birds and came up with a info - "all of our birds are rescue birds. This means that our birds came to us because they were found injured, orphaned or sometimes kept as pets in small cages. As part of the Himalayan Raptor Rescue project, we rescue many birds each year which we can successfully rehabilitate and return to the wild. Birds that are brought to us when they are very young have to reared by us which means they become imprinted on humans. This makes it very difficult to return these birds back to the wild. These are the birds we train for Parahawking. Parahawking is an award winning project, it was voted Best Enrichment Behaviour by the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators (IAATE) in 2011 "
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@MALUSE (69390)
• Germany
4 Jan 17
@jaynepal This is interesting information. I'd include it in the post. Other members may want to know this, too. Not all read through all comments.
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@jaynepal (226)
• Nepal
4 Jan 17
@MALUSE Okay.
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@cahaya1983 (11120)
• Malaysia
4 Jan 17
Pretty cool! It was actually in my list when I went for a trip to an island in 2015 but didn't manage to do it because of the weather. I'd love to try though!
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@jaynepal (226)
• Nepal
4 Jan 17
Good Luck @cahaya1983.
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
4 Jan 17
It's not on my bucket list but if i could do it this month, that would go to my 100 happy moments of the year.
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@jaynepal (226)
• Nepal
4 Jan 17
Definitely it will be , wish you all the best.
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@Hannihar (129674)
• Israel
9 Oct 17
No bucket list and no Parahawking or Paragliding. Thank you for the information.
@reskyyandi (3616)
• Indonesia
4 Jan 17
Wow, awesome journey. Really great when you fly and the bird will wi be beside you
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@jaynepal (226)
• Nepal
4 Jan 17
Yes , Resky.