Been a busy week. Thanks for all of your advice. We made the trip with great success. Getting him to the other cage was another story. He did step up but somehow climbed up my arm and onto my back. I believe that was his reaction to seeing new cage. I got him to the cage but I ended up covering his heat with a dish towel and got him into the cage with no issue. He had no problem once in. I think I might just get a travel cage as this one is not set up for stainless steel bowls and the perch is loose. The perch fell on one side when I had to hit the brakes to avoid a rear end collision. No worries we were creeping along 495 DC Beltway at 2 miles an hour. I managed to get perch back up and he was on it in 5 minutes. I did slow down before going over bridges as the joints are bumpy. I do believe he learned what bump bump meant as I said that when we approached a bump. He ate well all weekend, whistled and stretched his wings. He got to watch TV for the first time!