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From my understanding (from a personal conversation I had with them) it is what Mizzely said plus the fact that birds know how much extra energy they have so if they’ve only got enough to sustain them for flight for a few hours as opposed to having stores of energy readily available they are not likely to want to fly too far away from their guaranteed food source (owners) while free flying. Most of the places they are free flying at have no (or very limited amounts of) water or food available for the birds to access- they need to come back or stay close incase they need a top up of energy or water.
While at home training or just hanging out it makes it easier to keep the birds focussed on the owners and motivated to work or do as asked because they learn that the way to get food is by complying to the wishes of their humans.
While at home training or just hanging out it makes it easier to keep the birds focussed on the owners and motivated to work or do as asked because they learn that the way to get food is by complying to the wishes of their humans.