I've had Ollie the white budgie for 3 months now and he's finally losing his clipped wing feathers and growing new ones. He was bought from a bin o' budgies in February, tamed down very quickly but then went through a phase of being flighty and aloof again in March and April. He can fly to a limited extent now, and his personality has become much more outgoing as a result. He's recently returned to being friendly and easy to handle.
A group shot with six of the current eight. The society finches were off doing their own thing, and I didn't get any good shots of them, because when I tried Sam photobombed.
This is the perfect number of birds for my current situation and I have decided this is where I shall stay as long as I'm living where I am. Everyone has a buddy they're bonded to, and I have exactly enough space to house them (3 cages), but not one bird more. I tried ten, but the two zebra finches I bought a few weeks back were too much and decided they'd do better with my neighbor, who already had five finches and welcomed two more (they are doing wonderfully in their own flight with her down the street).
