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Matt
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by Matt » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:33 am
Few pics of my birds
Lutino Blue Faced
Blue Faced & Tri Nuns
Gouldian Pair
6 day old Gouldian chicks
Indoor Aviary
Saints with nest in bottom right corner
Sea Green hen

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dfcauley
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by dfcauley » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:38 am
wow Absolutely beautiful birds. I love your set up. Is the box on the outside a feeding station? Do you use it to catch up birds?
Again, great pictures, thanks for sharing. We love pictures.

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by L in Ontario » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:51 am
Beautiful pics for sure! The last one - is it really teal and orange in colour? Beautiful! Can you tell us anything about it?
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by dfcauley » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:00 am
L in Ontario wrote:Beautiful pics for sure! The last one - is it really teal and orange in colour? Beautiful! Can you tell us anything about it?
Liz..... I "think" it is a red head parrot finch.
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by L in Ontario » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:03 am
dfcauley wrote:L in Ontario wrote:Beautiful pics for sure! The last one - is it really teal and orange in colour? Beautiful! Can you tell us anything about it?
Liz..... I "think" it is a red head parrot finch.
Really? Stunning!
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by dfcauley » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:28 am
I have a pair but they are a darker green. I don't think they are sea green. They are funny and entertaining little busy birds.......

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by B CAMP » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:36 am
Great looking birds and setup

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by Sally » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:13 pm
Beautiful birds! The sea green is a mutation or variation of the Red-headed Parrot finch. I have only seen one in person, and it was stunning. It had the sea green body, with a peach-colored head. I have a pair of the Red-headed Parrot finches, and they have the bright green body with a bright red head--look like Christmas birds. Me thinks I need some sea greens!

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by bonnies_gouldians » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:47 pm
I really enjoy the parrot finches and now have a mutation in mind to keep an eye out for. That Sea Green is ABSOLUTELY beautiful. Lovely birds and thanks for the pics.
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by Matt » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:21 pm
Thanks for all the comments folks.
The Sea Greens are beautiful birds and so active. Had a hard time getting one to pose for a pic.
Donna, the box on the outside is a feed station. It has a sliding perspex door, seed hopper that has enough seed tp last a month, stainless coup cups for all their grits, live food etc. The base has a wire insert that all the seed husks and vege scraps fall through into a drawer below that contains a colony of mealworms.
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by sean » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:21 pm
amazing. your birds are really just beautiful.
motivation ceases to be a problem when the soul moves in the right direction.
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by dfcauley » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:15 pm
I saw a mutation of parrot finch today that I have never seen. We went to Emory hospital in Atlanta and they have an aviary there. (this is where it all began for me)
They have a huge mix of finches and canaries together. All male.
There was a parrot finch that was a light green color with white spots all over it. It was stunning. I want one soooo badly now. I wish I had taken my camera so I could have got a picture. Anyone ever seen one like this?
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by bonnies_gouldians » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:13 pm
What is the cost of one of these sea green parrot finches? I have always liked parrot finches and that morph is SO striking. Are they very difficult to find?
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by Matt » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:22 am
dfcauley wrote:There was a parrot finch that was a light green color with white spots all over it. It was stunning. I want one soooo badly now. I wish I had taken my camera so I could have got a picture. Anyone ever seen one like this?
Sounds like a pied Sea Green to me. One of mine are lightly pied but the heavy pied ones are spectacular. Here Sea Greens are around $100-150/pr and pieds are around $250/pr.
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by gomer » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:55 am
Nice pics.I like the lutino.Is the male gouldian a redline species?
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