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well i got two pairs at the mart! and my all time favoret Star finches and another of my favoret shaft tails ! i kinda splurged. hehe

Lovely, lovely, lovely And did I say lovely

Those are some of the nicest marked stars I have seen in a while. Shafts are nice looking too. You did good on your splurge

thanks Guys ! the stars just finished there last moult soo there quite young and the lady i got the shaft tails from is getting out of finches so they are a pair of her breeders the female has only her milld toe on one of her feet but it does not haze her so

really beautiful and healthy birds

Very nice birds, good job.

wow...nice bird !

I love stars too.
Have a question on your shaft tails. They look alot like Parsons. what's the difference?

BillD wrote:I love stars too.
Have a question on your shaft tails. They look alot like Parsons. what's the difference?

I know you're not asking me but I'll answer in the meantime, if I may - I believe the difference is the red bill and feet. I just saw some Parsons for the first time this past weekend and I thought they were Heck's / Shaftails or Longtails (all the same thing) just with black beaks until the breeder told me they were Parsons.

Liz is right on. The parsons finch when adult will have a black beak, and the shaftail will have from orangish to red beak. The tail is also shorter on a Parsons.

A good thing to splurge on

lovemyfinch wrote:Liz is right on. The parsons finch when adult will have a black beak, and the shaftail will have from orangish to red beak. The tail is also shorter on a Parsons.

YES - that was the other thing the breeder pointed out to me - the Parsons have a shorter tail. Good one Janine!

Congrats on your new birds. They look great.

Nice stars. You don't see them that often here. I hear they have a nice song.

A very nice but very quiet song - quieter than the Gouldians, I find.