Trainers can achieve great success with their training goals by enhancing their ability to read an interpret bird behavior.
Birds communicate using body language in very subtle ways.
Trainers who develop sensitivity to this communication are more likely to understand the bird's motivation and thought process. In addition, a sensitive trainer will also learn to adjust his or her behavior to create the most successful training environment possible. By identifying ways to improve sensitivity to bird behavior and common pitfalls to avoid, I hope to challenge trainers to challenge themselves to bring sensitivity to bird behavior to its highest level. The trainer can then adjust his or her own behavior to create a situation in which the bird can be as comfortable as possible, thus facilitating the bird performing the behavior the trainer is requesting. Ultimately, a trainer's success in requesting a bird to perform a behavior can depend on this.