Episode 153: We Have Different Viewpoints of What Flight Means for Humans (with Dave Womach, Jamie Womach, and Daryl Peterson) - a podcast by Natural Encounters, Inc.

Chris returns from his second bout with COVID-19 to join Ari in welcoming three cool people to the podcast, BirdTricks' Dave and Jamie Womach, and Master Falconer Daryl Peterson! We chat about the unusual path that took the Womachs from a traveling family on the road with Dave's work as a "thrillusionist" (see, we're not the only ones with crazy jobs!) to the founders of a company dedicated to "saving parrots one person at a time," to meeting up with Daryl to learn more about birds of prey and the risks they pose for free-flying parrots, to the epic tale of all three working together so that Dave could fly side-by-side in a wingsuit at 150mph with a gyr x peregrine falcon. 

Yep. That's a thing that really happened! And thanks to this chat, we get to learn all about what it took to make it work and how the bird, Scarlett, blew everyone away with her stamina and relationship with all the humans involved. 

Have a question or a topic you'd like us to discuss on a future episiode of the show? Let us know at podcast@naturalencounters.com!

Learn more about Dave, Jamie, and Daryl, check out the following links: 

Video of Dave and Scarlett's flight: https://youtu.be/2nq7BWCFP4g

BirdTricks site: http://www.birdtricks.com

BirdTricks on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/birdtricks

BirdTricks on Instagram: https://instagram.com/birdtricksofficial

Dave on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thrillusionist

Daryl on Instagram: https://instagram.com/daryl_pete

 

 

 

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