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Monday, May 28, 2012

Wild American Goldfinches

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Our backyard feeders. The two at the side hold black oil sunflower seeds which attract a host of different birds. The two long ones hold th...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

Nest Boxes Are Installed for 2012

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Rosie is getting ready. It won't be long now and I'll be posting more about Bourkes than Gouldian finches. Two of our eigh...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

2nd Clutches, Contrasting Gouldians and Parakeets

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Others have commented on their Lady Gouldian Finches returning to the nest very quickly, some even before the current clutch has left.  ...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Finch Bath Time

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 Bath time. One in bowl at left, one at water cup at right. Two of the five baby Lady Gouldian finches tried to bathe in the water cup...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Finch and Parakeet Differences

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This is a rather vast title for such a short post, but I've made several recent observations that are interesting to me. Four of ou...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Gouldian Finches Leaving the Nest

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Mom at left, baby in center, Dad at right. This blog is primarily about Bourke and Splendid Parakeets, yet lately I've posted mai...
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Three-Week-Old Lady Gouldian Finches

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These five Lady Gouldian finch babies hatched three weeks ago today. Their feathers are almost completely in, but bright adult colors are a...
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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...