Hey guys, have learned the game and the one thing I'm struggling with is the first boss bird. I can see there's a manip but I can't get it regularly and would love any pointers on both that and any easy safe setup.

Hey, as far as I remember there is no consistent manip, but sometimes the boss just sinks slow (ideal pattern, the movement up to boss might matter) It's good to come in lower than the boss and get really close and spam its feet, and hope it's good pattern, worth the risk to take a hit when the boss is lower, but when you have to follow too high its sometimes best let it go up and come back down again, then repeat earlier. not as bad as 2nd boss. which is way more complicated/random, unless you find something.