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Hi everyone !
I have to say that I don't write here very much....but you have to understand me, read and try to understand you in english is a bit difficoult for me !!
But your forum is excellent, so sometimes I come back here to use all my english highschool lessons !
I'm happy to can show you my Gouldians (i did this pics yesterday)! Now I've five of them: a couple, their two sons and a new black headed hen.
I prefer have always small groups of Gouldians...and so I sell all the new babies, maintaining for me just a male everytime. My first Gouldian was their grandfather (infact..on my avatar you can see that now I'm at the 3th generation)!
They live in my aviary with two pairs of society and a pair of red-cheecked waxbill.


So...let's start:
(click on thumbnails for real size)

My Three males (father and two sons)..



Black headed Hen..



The Guys..



Always them with the hen..



The two hens alone...and with a guy..



And here...I'm stupid !



P.S. Excuse my mistakes....write in english is hard !

Hi, Dario,

You write English better than some Americans! All I remember from a quick 2-week course in Italian is 'Carlo e a casa con lo zio' or some such thing. I figured no one would ever ask me where Carlo was anyway, and languages have never been my strong suit. Beautiful Gouldians!

Very good pictures

And I agree... your English is very good! What is your national language?

Hey Dario, long time no see!

Your Gouldians are gorgeous, as always. Come back and visit us more often.

Thank you for the compliments about my birds....and my language !

EmilyHurd wrote:What is your national language?

I'm Italian...from Rome.

tammieb wrote: Come back and visit us more often.

Sure ! I'm back !

P.S. Sally...."Where's Carlo?"

Hi Dario,

Those are really great pictures!

I went to Italy several years ago when I worked abroad. They have the best gelatti!!!

societyspice wrote:They have the best gelatti!!!

Ice Creams ?? Gelati....with just one "t" !!

Oops! Sorry!

You do have beautiful birds! Love the black headed hen (I'm partial to those little girls). My Italian is limited to reading a menu (which really is the most important thing) and "Io non puo hablare Italiano!"

Thank you very much !
Hilary the black headed hen is my favourite too..i love her big eyes, similar to wild gouldians !
Compliments for your italian....it's horrible !!
"Hablare" I think that it's spanish or something similar...but surely it's not italian ! But I understand that for you Italian and Spanish can sound similar! I work in a restourant here in Rome, near Spanish Steps (an American Steackhouse) and many americans try to speack to me using spanish words ( that i can't understand) !
The correct form for "Io non puo hablare Italiano!" ( I can't speak italian) is "Io non posso parlare Italiano".

P.S. I've seen your website...compliments you have gorgeous birds !

Why thank you, and thanks for the help with my Italian! I visited Rome a LONG time ago, and would love to spend more time there!

Dario...
Pretty birds! I'm jealous that you can get such nice clear close pictures. Everytime I try to snap a shot my birds fly off! I guess they're afraid of the camera or the flash!

Sandy

Marigold wrote:The next to the last picture the hen with the dark RH on the right side is much bigger. Is this a babies from this pair?

No...she's not bigger..it seems so but it's only their position in that moment.

northernflirt wrote:I'm jealous that you can get such nice clear close pictures. Everytime I try to snap a shot my birds fly off! I guess they're afraid of the camera or the flash!

Good sun light...no flash...and many...many...many photos !
For those 10 good photos...I did not less than 50 horrible others !

Hi Dario,
your gouldian pictures are very good,especially hens.
I was learning Italian last winter but i found it harder than German.
We were at the future tense.

Italians are also good at breeding European Goldfinches.
Do you have one of them?