Thanks a ton for your responses Danny. I like "wrong" as opposed to "no" as there are fewer words with that sound so there should be less confusion. I think I will work those in.

You mention that the click should always mean that food is on the way. Is there a time limit in this? What I mean is am I confusing the bird by giving a click with every good creance flight but only giving the food reward as a variable? Should the two be synchronized always? I thought that they needed to be synchronous initially while you condition the click as a reinforcer but that eventually, the click became its own reinforcer or at least a bridge to a more desirable/powerful reinforcer. I think I was hoping my click was allowing me time to get a couple more flights in before the reward, giving some positive reinforcement while allowing me to vary the more powerful reinforcer, food.