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Robert,
I have friends that are bird sailors that I can ask for their experiences. They started out in the Great Lakes, I think, went around the Caribbean, through the canal, across the south Pacific, Micronesia and are now in Malaysia/Borneo waiting to go over to peninsular Malaysia.
They had an African Senegal parrot until the red ants ate him in Palau. They've has a cockatoo for awhile now.
For a cage they would get cheap painted thin gauge wire shelving at a hardware store. Cut it up, bend it into shape by hand and zip-tie or nut-n-bolt it together. Then they'd sew on a little sun/rain flap on top and the backside and then attach old backpack straps to that backside. They could then go in the dinghy and around on shore with the birds(s).
I know there are/is places they couldn't go because of the bird, but it doidn't bother them as their lives do revolve around it. The bird flu thing in se asia gave 'em a scare, but they've avoided any problems so far.
If you PM an email addy I'll email it to them for you and y'all can take it from there.
best - J
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