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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Hand Feed Baby Birds? Critical Warning!

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Link to 1st Post on Recall Since posting about a recall of Kaytee Exact a week ago on April 20, we've been contacted by others who had...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Baby Birds, Eyes Open and Beginning to Feather

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Our Lady Gouldian finch babies are beginning to get feathers and their eyes are open. Cuter now than a few days ago. Dots around their mout...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

Baby Lady Gouldian Finches

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Here they are, stuffed full and all five are doing well! Have to say though, that a clutch of bald, dark-skinned baby Gouldians with mouth...
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Bird Banding Finches

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Gouldian babies are much darker skinned than any of the small parakeets. Gouldian finches are sure different than Bourke parakeets. A ...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Recall On Kaytee Exact Hand Feeding Baby Bird Formula Due to Excess Vitamin D

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Warning: In a comment on the previous post, we were warned that some Exact Hand Feeding Formula's have been recalled. We'd not hear...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Raising Lady Gouldian Finches - Exploits

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Five baby Lady Gouldian finches. Most hatched five days ago. Five baby Gouldian finches left. Mother Nature may determine that only t...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Birds Going Bald, Possible Causes

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Blogger identifies search criteria that lead people to this site. Someone searched out why their Splendid parakeet was going bald, so I tho...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

Lady Gouldian Finch Babies

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Snapped a hurried photo of the new Lady Gouldian babies. There are five baby birds showing here. It's possible one or two might be under...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Candling Eggs To Verify Fertility - A Better Way

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Lady Gouldian hen on seven eggs due to hatch. I have found a better way to candle eggs. It's rare that my pair of Lady Gouldian fi...
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Thursday, April 12, 2012

There's still time for a free eBook novel.

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Amazon.com has my husband's book PROMISES by E.G. Lewis available for FREE download until midnight tonight, PST, April 12, 2012. If you...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

A Compliment For The Splendid Bourke Bird Blog, Smile.

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We love compliments and wanted to share one. Susan wrote: "I am writing to thank you for your Splendid Bourke Bird Blog. I found it v...
Monday, April 2, 2012

Historic 1960's Bird Photos - A younger me with birds.

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I wish I had pictures of the aviaries I kept as a child and later as a teenager. My dad, it seems, liked taking photos at the San Diego Zoo ...
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Friday, March 30, 2012

Lady Gouldian Finch Update

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As of today, our single pair of Lady Gouldian finches have seven eggs. She is spending more time on the nest now. Both continue to add more ...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Sexual Behavior in Bourke Parakeets - Interested Hens, Disinterested Males - Question & Answer

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 Opaline Bourkes with pink eyes. Cousins from 2011. Elizabeth writes: "I was looking over your site a little and found it ve...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

A Swimming Bald Eagle? Yes!

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The bald eagle in the video link below actually "swims" on purpose. It's no accident. In the Youtube video he is trying to sna...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Raising Lady Gouldian Finches

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Mr. & Mrs. Lady Gouldian Finch I take for granted how much I've learned about parakeets, especially Bourkes, Splendids and Budgi...