Owl finch - Double-barred Finch

Fernando · Post by **Fernando** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 1:46 pm

Just wanted to share with you - happy 2018 to all.

haroun · Post by **haroun** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:38 pm

Thak you for the sharing Fernando very stuning male owl is it yours ?

Fernando · Post by **Fernando** » Wed Jan 03, 2018 6:21 am

Post by **Babs _Owner** » Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:20 am

Fernando

Thats a beautiful picture!

Happy 2018 to you too Fernando!

Purpdust · Post by **Purpdust** » Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:21 pm

Great looking, happy new year

Post by **Sally** » Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:46 am

Fernando

Beautiful Owl finch! Happy new year!

Fernando · Post by **Fernando** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:20 am

Near adult now. The beak has turned silvery-blue, the tail is fully grown, all feathers are there and the white upper-tail coverts are showing now.

See too at entretantasplumas.wordpress.com.

Post by **lovezebs** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:40 am

Fernando

Beautiful young bird. Congratulations!

Fernando · Post by **Fernando** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:47 am

Both owls and green millet.

Post by **lovezebs** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:14 am

Fernando

They sure look like they're enjoying themselves

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Do you raise your own green millet, or collect it for them elsewhere?

Fernando · Post by **Fernando** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:04 pm

I have sown the 'exotic mix' I get over here for my finches, because I wanted to know which seeds are mixed in there. The first to sprout and flower is this Setaria spp., I think it could be Setaria adhaerens, that is bristlegrass. Many species look alike, so I'm not sure if this id is correct.
There are other grasses growing, but still far from spiking.

Wild grasses other than Setaria are growing now, and each time I go walking I have a close look if there are seeds already. But it is too early, as the rain came late this year. Only found old spikes of Piptatherum and the owls went crazy!

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:11 pm

lovezebs no way is that green millet in that picture that’s the stuff I always give my society’s and they go mad for it I remeber writing a post about it when I only had coco ginge and the zebs and u was trying to explain it elena haha

Fernando · Post by **Fernando** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:31 pm

First read, than write.

Of course it is a millet, and of course it is not ripe, it is green. As I gave a picture and the probable latin name, there is no doubt.
I never spoke about 'Green Millet' =Pearl Millet, Pennisetum glaucum; I try to do my homework before writing in a language which isn't my first.

Flight Feathers · Post by **Flight Feathers** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:22 pm

Fernando beautiful owl finches!

Post by **lovezebs** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:46 pm

Fernando

When Spring comes, I'm going to have to sow some seeds outdoors and see what they do. Right now its's still

over here

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