Orion really does fly – like an adult most of the time

To prepare for flight, he hops, jumps, runs, kaks and flaps – back and forth

Lift off!

“Told you I could do this”  (notice the very full crop)

Beauty still feeds him beak to beak even though he can eat on his own

Training time. Beauty tells Orion, “This is how you do it, dear.”

Orion says, “You mean like this?”

Dot.Ca, Orion’s father, brought in a pigeon to feed Orion, too.