On top of the world

[Alan J.]

A recent photo of Alex sitting on a stone wall, high on the light house cliff, overlooking the ocean. It is early morning and the light is creeping up the cliff face from the sea below.

 

[Toy]

He's beautiful

 

[Clueless]

You are blessed to have such good pictures!

 

[Tyrion]

Beautiful

 

[Alan J.]

Thanks Clueless, yes Riaan take lovely photos and is always prepared to accompany us to photograph Alex for me.

Thanks Annette and Toy.

 

[macawpower58]

Does Alex ever fly? I don't see a harness, and so many photos are just him against an awesome background.
Just curious. And if you've told us before, sorry but my memory can't pull anything up.

 

[Icey]

Just stunning!

 

[Shezbug]

Absolutely beautiful as always! I love your photos so much, you really are very lucky to have so many lovely photos of Alex.

 

[CodaCola]

I LOVE the lighting!

 

[Greylady1966]

The colors are amazing!

 

[Pixiebeak]

Wow! What picture!

 

[April]

Wowza! I swear you one up yourself with every pic of him you post . If ever there was a photo to print and frame its gotta be that one!

 

[Sparkles99]

It would make a good calendar entry!

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

Beautiful as always. I know my husband would be delighted to photograph Alex.

 

[Alan J.]

Alex has had a light clip for a few years now Becky. I remain concerned that such a clip will be detrimental if he ever needs to get altiture quickly to get out of a bad situation, but it has work for us for various reasons.
I am very conscious of the presence of wind and its direction and "speed". We don't go near the cliffs or too near the ocean on windy days. We spend a lot of time at the local park, which covers a large area and is fully fenced. We spend time in the center of the park, well away from the boundary.
Alex, since the first week after we got together, developed the habit of turning towards my chest, rather than flying off, when frightened. I wore a long beard then and when traveling on my forearm while outdoors, he would push his face into my beard. I no longer have the beard, but he still turns toward my chest when frightened (an old photo with the beard to give you some idea).

Initially, I trained for "return flight" and he responded very well, but at a point, people begun flying drones, which bothered him and afraid the drones could "chase" him off course and out to sea (we live on a narrow peninsula), begun to clip.

Many thanks for the lovely comments everyone.