Quote Originally Posted by JRedig View Post
Use a light with a foot switch to control stimulus.

Also, why would the bird end up bound to your free hand from high level tidbitting? Hang on to the jesses better!!!
I was more concerned about the bird generalizing the knowledge that food comes from the free hand, and then starting to watch for it and do a quick grab in situations that allow enough freedom. Such as seeing me reach into my pocket for a tidbit to have the bird jump up from the lure in the field and deciding to jump to the free hand. Would make for a little more of a tricky maneuver trying to get a tidbit into the gloved hand if the bird knows that first it passes to the free hand from that pocket. Or even if I reach behind my back to get a tidbit, anticipating that move and jumping for the free hand if I do a similar movement.
Possibly I'm just picking the technique apart too much being a lowly apprentice. My parrots know cheese come from the refrigerator and if I have one loose in the house, I'm likely to end up with a bird on me when I open the fridge. Don't want to reach behind my back to scratch my shoulder and have a hawk coming out of a tree thinking its going to get something yummy because that same motion often gets a treat out of that free hand. I did have a couple times last year with the current bird where I accidentally made a motion with the glove that she interpreted as being about to be called and she was coming in when I didn't anticipate it. Not really a problem, but tended to put things to a halt momentarily.