Re: [Freeflight] Re: was Brain damage?" Now Yes or No.

["Kevin S." <kevmsharp@pfxn_g1P5ammPfh8-nSRIzIjKAChf42C2fRjeFThZd7hJRulpGi6-DDiHbw4J1MPM9oZMsdAthyyPB7Fjg.yahoo.invalid>]

> I'm having a real hard time understanding what
> "safely" means.  I 
> would assume that it means you don't lose the bird
> outside either  
> by the bird getting lost or killed. 

It seems like "we" still struggle with trying to come
to grips with is outdoor freeflight safe.  Clearly
there are dangers.  Is it more or less safe than
indoors?  I don't know -no, yes, maybe.  But, there
are dangers -if you ask me, regardless of how well the
bird responds to cues, whether it flies in a straight
line, or to the next county and back.  There are
dangers with letting your dog run loose, or letting
your kids play in the yard.  Sometimes I wonder what
the hell am I thinking letting a bird fly around lose
outside -what a crazy notion, who would do such a
thing!?  But then I run down a mental laundry list of
all the indoor birds I've known that have had a toe
bitten off when they landed on another bird's cage,
drowned in the sink, were stepped on by cousin Eddie,
flew into a window and were killed........  I don't
know which is more dangerous.  Keeping birds indoors
certainly limits the dangers to indoors, for what its
worth (and what is it worth?) 
 -Kevin S.