A few of my Fires

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A few of my Fires

Post by JohnBoy » Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:28 pm

These are so hard to photograph in an aviary. The just don't co-operate. The are so flighty and just won't stay still. I took about 50 pics and just a few came out decent.
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Post by JohnBoy » Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:33 pm

And a few more and one of my bl and wh mannikins with his best friend. They are always together.
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Post by lovemyfinch » Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:43 pm

They are georgeous Johnboy =D>
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Post by L in Ontario » Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:46 pm

They are beautiful birds!
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Post by B CAMP » Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:48 pm

You sure have good looking finches :D
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Post by cindy » Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:55 pm

Nice pictures John and beautiful little birds. Nice looking shaftail.

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Re: A few of my Fires

Post by Kathryn » Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:03 pm

Wow! Absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Re: A few of my Fires

Post by annague » Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:04 pm

So beautiful!! Thanks for the photos. :)
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Post by Sally » Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:37 pm

That Blue-billed Fire finch is absolutely gorgeous!
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Post by CandoAviary » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:25 pm

Beauties, for sure. I love your outdoor aviaries :D
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Re: A few of my Fires

Post by JohnBoy » Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:32 am

Sally wrote:That Blue-billed Fire finch is absolutely gorgeous!
The brilliant maroon red male is a black-bellied fire if it's the one you are talking about.
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Re: A few of my Fires

Post by Sally » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:07 pm

It's the one in the second photo of your first post, with a Lavender (at least I think that's a Lavender, though looks small in this photo) on a branch above, and no other birds in the photo. I've been concentrating on the Red-billed variety, but I'm tempted to branch out into other varieties of Fires--where I'll put them, I have no idea! :shock: :lol:
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Re: A few of my Fires

Post by JohnBoy » Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:50 pm

Sally wrote:It's the one in the second photo of your first post, with a Lavender (at least I think that's a Lavender, though looks small in this photo) on a branch above, and no other birds in the photo. I've been concentrating on the Red-billed variety, but I'm tempted to branch out into other varieties of Fires--where I'll put them, I have no idea! :shock: :lol:
Sally that is a black-bellied fire. The bird in the pic with it is a yellow bellied waxbill.

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Re: A few of my Fires

Post by Sally » Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:13 pm

I thought that Lavender looked small in the photo. :lol: If you had to pick between Black-bellied Fires and Blue-billed Fires, which would you choose, and why? (Sounds like a question for a beauty contestant! :lol: )
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Re: A few of my Fires

Post by JohnBoy » Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:51 pm

Sally wrote:I thought that Lavender looked small in the photo. :lol: If you had to pick between Black-bellied Fires and Blue-billed Fires, which would you choose, and why? (Sounds like a question for a beauty contestant! :lol: )
The black bellied without a doubt is the most beautiful of the two. I like both and am glad I have both. But if I were at a show and had to choose I'd choose the black bellied because of it's spectacular red color.
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