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Monday, May 23, 2016

Hummingbirds in Spring, 2016 -- Rosie Bird Loves Wild Birds Too



The Hummingbird Wars ... "hand" feeding various varieties on our back porch. Love these little guys, migrating through our area right now and very hungry!
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

BOURKE PARAKEET BABIES Almost Ready For Their New Homes: Rosies, Lutinos...


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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Baby Bourkes Are Now Feathered, Hand Feeding Nine!



Video taken today of our clutches ... nine babies are being hand fed!
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Friday, May 6, 2016

Wild Bird Song - We are Blessed to Live Here.


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Splendid or Scarlet-chested Parakeet

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Rosy Bourkes enjoy baths!

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Rosy Bourke hen with babies

Rosy Bourke hen with babies
Bonnie is a good mother

Retired Normal Couple

Retired Normal Couple
Bourkes in the wild exhibit these colors. Hen in front, male in back.

Baby Bourkes

Baby Bourkes
Four newly hatched baby Bourke Parakeets.

Rhett, my first Bourke

Rhett, my first Bourke
Notice his blue face! He's a grandfather many times over and still going strong.

Bourkes with a Splendid

Bourkes with a Splendid

Birds are educational

Birds are educational
My grandson with a Bowl Full of Baby Budgies. Easy to raise, but noisy, so I no longer raise Budgies.

Bourke Babies, Normal & Rosy

Bourke Babies, Normal & Rosy
Normal parents produced this clutch of 2 Rosies and 2 Normals. Father was heterozygous. Rosies are both female. Normals are male. Their mother is homozygous.

Baby Bourke

Baby Bourke
Abandoned, Handfed, Now a Tame, Healthy Adult. We named him Spicy.

Male Splendid/Scarlet-Chested Parakeets.

Male Splendid/Scarlet-Chested Parakeets.
Our babies as grown adults.

Young Splendids

Young Splendids
All young Splendids look alike. Males get a scarlet chest as they mature.

Bachelor Cage

Bachelor Cage
Male Splendids keeping each other company until hens can be found for them. Notice they have lots of toys to keep them entertained.

Splendid hen on eggs

Splendid hen on eggs

Me with Jewel, a tame Splendid Hen

Me with Jewel, a tame Splendid Hen

Young Splendid with Granddaughters

Young Splendid with Granddaughters
Rainbow, son of Merlin & Millet, has produced three gorgeous sons.Who says tame birds don't make good parents? Don't believe it.

Baby Splendids

Baby Splendids
These are 1, 2 & 3 days old.

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You Choose How & Where to Enjoy & Raise Your Birds

You Choose How & Where to Enjoy & Raise Your Birds
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