It's been well over a year since Chico the GCC was clipped; not only is he flying well, but he's flying better and with more confidence than he ever has in his life.
He is such a wonderful, fun, spoiled little brat! He loves the kitchen, making cooking and washing dishes FUN (he is not allowed in the kitchen when there are any uncovered dishes cooking on the stove, due to his intense curiosity about anything remotely foodlike). But otherwise, he usually whenever someone's in the kitchen, that's where he is to be found). I can turn on the water, and there he is on the faucet. Turn to open the flour jar and instantly there he is perched on the jar looking up at me. Sometimes I swear he can read my mind.
Like a little kid, he finds pots and pans to be better than toys. He can climb into a kichen cupboard and amuse himself for an hour. There's nothing cuter than a tiny 70 gram bird with a pie pan twice his size in his beak, banging it against the pots and pans and squealing with delight at the noise. (Best thing is since the cupboards are dark and nestlike, he won't go potty in them, so there's no mess).
He's still I think quite a subdued personality for a GCC, but for him, the change I've seen in the last 6 months is pretty dramatic. He has gone from being a quiet and depressingly well-behaved little bird to being a wonderful happy mischevious little brat, just full of curiosity and joy.