Aw, just look at that face! So cute!

What defines a teaching bird, anyway? Are they like zoo animals (look, but don't touch) or do you actively try to tame them so you can handle them or whatever while showing them to people?

Technically it's not "taming" as a wild animal can never be fully tamed. Most teaching birds though form a bond with the human and are taken to school and such to show kids the effects we have on wildlife and to share about the species.

Technically a wild animal that is use to people is considered tame. It's the lingo used in the zoo/rehab world for our wild animals that we keep in captivity. It helps us distinguish to others the difference between our animals and a domesticated animal.

Dogs and cats along with cows, horses and such would be considered domesticated.

Ah, see thats what our rehab told us :< Must be different everwhere

We always stress the animal is still a wild animal but when it comes down to it, the ones we keep in captivity are tamed. You can tell when you compare them to the wild flailing birds we get in.

Flailing is the BEST word to describe them

Most of our teaching birds are trained for handling so we can use them in school programs and other things like that, however only the handlers can touch the teaching birds. A lot of zoo animals now are trained as well, not for handling but to present body parts for easier treatments and care with less stress on both zoo employee and animal. Most ours are only trained to perch on our arm and know "tuck" as put your freaking wings back down. Our other vulture is trained to let us wipe his face and feet as well cause he always vomits in his crate when we pack him up to take him to programs.

We have a few who aren't trained but they're around as a companion to the animals that are and have the more of a look, don't touch thing going.
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With her we plan to train her for handling so she can be used in programs.

That's pretty cool. I hope you get to keep her-- especially considering what the alternative probably is :/

If they say no we have to Euthanize her yea. D:

Hell I would like the box less too xD

Wow she's gorgeous!

Lol, yea, she was not happy with me. Luckily she figured out going into her clean cage after I'm done cleaning ICU means food so she won't put up a fuss and walks in there on her own now.

We have a goshawk who loves Hats, He would "preen" them when they were left near his outdoor perch (some guy ate lunch with him out there) and one day, the wind blew the hat onto him. He hated hats ever since D:

She's a beautiful bird. It's sad to know she'll never fly, but at least she's somewhere where they will take good care of her.

It is, she will be able to get herself on and off perches and move around her cage just fine when she goes outside. She can hop up on the ICU table no problem lol.

We'll take great care of her, lots of spoilage will ensue.