I have a party with very limited effectiveness vs. flying enemies, and my question is twofold:
1) If my druid wild shapes into a large bird, can one of them ride me into combat while I cast spells? I have natural spell and know I'd have to cast defensively while in melee range.
2) What option(s) is/are there for wild shaping into a large bird?
Alternatively: is there a bird I can summon with summon nature's ally (I can cast up to SNA 5) that could be used to this end?