pied diamond firetail / fawn diamond with young on hd video

[wildbill]

hi all
you might like to look at this h.d.video on my pied cock diamond fire-tail mated to the fawn hen. first nest 3 young flying. you can see the scrawny young one sitting on the perch above the hen. hard to believe these are his/her parents - but they are the only diamonds in the aviary.
if hen split pied. if cock split pied/fawn.
these parents have young again - now about 14 days old. parents eating plenty of green milk millet and lots and lots of live termites.
the pair gave their original nest to the 3 young whilst the cock built new quarter less than a foot away.
construction wise - coarse grass was used for the outer nest about a foot in length. finer/softer grass for the inside liner. once completed it was lined with 50 or more emu feathers for added warmth.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... cDnbRRH7xQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... cDnbRRH7xQ

[bugaboo5]

Your knowledge and sharing of the information is and will be very helpful for those who keep/will keep this species. Beautiful video capture of your birds! You should be absolutely proud!!!! Thanks for sharing.

[wildbill]

hi
no probs. glad to hear you enjoyed viewing the video of my fire-tails. it makes the effort worthwhile.
regards

[bugaboo5]

Absolutely enjoyed. Please do keep the photos and videos coming. You have been so generous to this forum with all your photos and multimedia. Thank you sincerely. Have a wonderful weekend.

[wildbill]

Good news today Ventured into the aviary to give the pied cock/fawn hen diamonds their daily feed of mixed canary - lebanese cucumber and lettuce plus a big helping of live bush termites and was greeted by the site of 5 healthy young birds. All were perched outside their football size grass nest
As usual they didn't all come out at once. On Monday 1 - Tuesday - 2 none out Wednesday and all out today.