I am not overly sensitive and it takes a great deal to peeve me off.
I live with 7 flying toddlers so I laugh and shake my head long before becoming upset.
I'm old enough to call myself old but not old enough for someone else to call me old.
I live with 8 flighted parrots. 7 of them can fly but only 4 1/2 of them do.
Cha my female hy can not fly. Sakie my military used to fly but since cataracts have taken over she does not fly ( it doesn't stop her from being spiderman or somehow teleporting to places she shouldn't be... also doesn't stop her from leap flying onto my body when I peeve her off but not flying ). Kailua would be an amazing flyer but she really has no trust in doing so. She has been home in the big house for about a year and with so much room I still see promise that she could start. I could push her but she would not fancy that. Tiko my male hy flies but only when frightened OR if he wants something really bad. It really never ends the best and most times you find him hanging from a curtain or chandelier.
Which brings us to the boys.... Korbel, Maui, Sam and Binky. They are proficient flyers. There are days when I think Korbel is in the air more than standing on a perch. They really don't secretly fly anywhere as it's hard to miss the 747 sound travelling through the house. Without looking I can usually tell who is flying just by listening to the flight. Maui sounds struggled, double the flaps of Korbel. Sam sounds and lands heavy. Always way to fast for the distance he is going. Binky... well an amazon just sounds small and than Korbel. Ugh, there is my get into everything guy. Without Korbel life would be easier but as I tell my husband ( every time he is caught destroying something ) he brings me joy!
Yes, they land on my shoulder when walking through. If you don't want that to happen you duck every time they do and it will stop. Yes they can steal things you leave out on a table. Korbel is the only one that consistently does this here but he does it enough to feel like they all do it. No, they do not poop everywhere. If you spend enough time with macaws you know when they have to poop. I've always put them on their stands when they have to go and now when they have to go they fly to their stands. Really it's al about staying a step ahead on the birds that are REALLY flighted. My opinion on that is how they were raised. Do they think first fly second or fly first think second. Korbel is the only one here that flies before thinking. ( startled flights don't count in this ) Everyone else here was clipped long enough in their life to force that think first mentality.
I think Shez has that with Burt although he is pretty level headed compared to Korbel. It helps her that she has only one bird where I deal with a flock dynamic. All my birds are out all day. I work out in the shop and watch them on camera. When a camera goes down it's bad.... That means Korbel doesn't want me to see what he is about to do.