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thought you might all like to take a look at this pied diamond sparrow

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Never seen this species with pied markings...very striking and unique

CandoAviary wrote:Never seen this species with pied markings...very striking and unique

I agree... very unusual. I like it alot.

Gives such a soft look

Argghh! Another adorable pied.... !!! Must resist....

hi psilocybin6
not only does it take a lot of effort - it also takes quite a bit of cash. these pieds are very rare. i also have 5 of her pied brothers and sisters.
at the moment she is paired with a pied cock and has built a nest. two of her brothers are paired with cinnamon hens.... not sure on them. her other sisters are with unrelated fawn cocks and i'm pretty sure they have eggs.
she's a nice hen but in colour her brothers are not too far behind her.
i'm right into diamonds and have about 8 pairs of cinnamons - 4 pairs of fawns and 3 pair pieds plus a heap of normals.
i have young cinnamons ready to leave the nest in a few days time. might be able to post a photo later
she is indeed my favourite and the very first bird i greet daily. i actually had some better photos of here but my file were too big so had to reduce the meg and do them again. she's a bit camera shy and at times hard to get in frame.
regards

wildbill,
Where are you located?

Deborah,

Graham is from Australia. He does magnificent work with pied mutations.

just got out of the other aviary and got this quick photo of the pied hens brother. he and his brother are paired with cinnamons

Awesome!

when you look at both pictures closely - you can tell they are related BUT the hen side on is one beautiful bird. when i get the chance for a good photo i will post
cheers