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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

A Design for Building Parakeet Nest Boxes

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Here are several photos of nest boxes we built for our Bourkes and Splendids. Splendid nest box above, Bourke below.      Nest boxes can...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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Visiting granddaughters with Bourkes ... Hard to keep all five in one place at the same time. ;-)
Saturday, August 21, 2010

Granddaughter with my best Bourke, named Rosie!

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     Enjoying my granddaughters for two weeks. Seven-year-old is a bird-lover too and can't get enough of the birds. Twelve-year-old doe...
Friday, August 20, 2010

Question on Egg Laying & More on Recognizing Sex of Birds

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A Rosy & a Normal Bourke. Both are males. Kim writes that she recently adopted three Bourkes, a Rosy and two Normals. The Rosy was su...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Breakfast for Bourke's

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The month of August is very full for us as three of our six grandchildren will be visiting all month. This photo was taken by my 15-year-ol...

Original Background is Back!

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Took a bit of fussing, but finally found and returned to my original background in Blogger. The hummingbird background was nice, but it kept...
Sunday, August 8, 2010

Tame Bourke Parakeets and their Differences

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Flame in back, Rosie in front. My favorite birds. This is a photo of my two favorite Bourke parakeets. At present, I have 22 Bourkes and...
Friday, August 6, 2010

Viewer-ship Passes 2,000! And a shameless promotion for my new Blog.

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UPDATE on Sept. 10, 2011 ... Had 40,000 more views over the past year. We are now at 42,000 views. Amazing. Click "HOME" button ab...

Friday Update, Visiting Horses and Grandchildren

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It's been a busy week. Woke up one morning to seven horses grazing around our house. I called the owner who showed up about an hour late...
Sunday, August 1, 2010

Splendid Results Not So Splendid...

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Jewel, a Splendid hen, does a good job covering her five eggs. Checked the nest boxes of the two Splendid hens. It appears that one has i...
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Friday, July 30, 2010

Added Tab on Ancient Aviculture Above

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The article on Ancient Aviculture is so interesting that I added a tab above where new viewers have a better chance of finding and seeing it...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

BOURKES, COCKATIELS & EGG LAYING

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Chloe asked, "I have a female pet cockatiel. She's going on 6 years old, and has not yet demonstrated any wish to lay eggs (althoug...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Added "Question" to Labels

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Each of my posts has labels listed below. If you choose one (a topic) and click on it, you will get all the posts related to that topic. I j...
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Question on Personalities - Male or Female?

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Marie asked: "My female 12-yr-old Rosy Bourke died yesterday. I have 1 one-yr-old female. Now should I get another female or a male?...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Personality Differences in Bourkes, Splendids and Budgies

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As I played with my tame young Bourkes this morning, it struck me how different they are from other varieties of parakeet. I held a baby Bou...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Trouble with Blog Layouts

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After wasting time fussing with broken links in this blog, it turns out that our broken links were caused by the previous layout. Switching ...
Monday, July 19, 2010

Cats, Baby Swallows & Wild Mama Birds

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We have three indoor/outdoor cats. As I've posted before, they know to leave our birds alone and also realize that they are expected to ...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

Swallows

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Our baby swallows are still in the boxes outside my back porch. I love hearing them chirp. There are several in each box. This morning as I ...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Hand Carved Egg Shells ... Lovely!

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As promised, here are photos of Dixie Doris Bowman's beautiful hand carved egg shells. The Emu eggs were done by her daughter, Jennifer ...