Few pics

Updates, stories, and other finch related topics.
Matt
Mature
Mature
Posts: 123
Joined: Mon May 19, 2008 7:38 am
Location: Sydney

Few pics

Post by Matt » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:33 am

Few pics of my birds

Lutino Blue Faced
Image

Blue Faced & Tri Nuns
Image

Gouldian Pair
Image

6 day old Gouldian chicks
Image

Indoor Aviary
Image

Saints with nest in bottom right corner
Image


Sea Green hen
Image

User avatar
dfcauley
Molting
Molting
Posts: 6892
Joined: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:28 am
Location: Carrollton, Georgia

Re: Few pics

Post 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. :lol:
Donna

User avatar
L in Ontario
Mod Emeritus
Mod Emeritus
Posts: 13365
Joined: Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:29 am
Location: Barrie, Ontario Canada
Contact:

Post 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?
Liz

User avatar
dfcauley
Molting
Molting
Posts: 6892
Joined: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:28 am
Location: Carrollton, Georgia

Post 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.
Donna

User avatar
L in Ontario
Mod Emeritus
Mod Emeritus
Posts: 13365
Joined: Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:29 am
Location: Barrie, Ontario Canada
Contact:

Post 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!
Liz

User avatar
dfcauley
Molting
Molting
Posts: 6892
Joined: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:28 am
Location: Carrollton, Georgia

Post 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....... :lol:
Donna

User avatar
B CAMP
Molting
Molting
Posts: 3012
Joined: Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:11 pm
Location: CLEARWATER,FL

Post by B CAMP » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:36 am

Great looking birds and setup :lol:

User avatar
Sally
Mod Extraordinaire
Mod Extraordinaire
Posts: 17929
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:55 pm
Location: DFW, Texas

Post 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! :lol:
3 Purple Grenadiers, 1 Goldbreast + 1 cat.

National Finch & Softbill Society - http://www.nfss.org

User avatar
bonnies_gouldians
Perfect Partner
Perfect Partner
Posts: 389
Joined: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:06 pm
Location: Orlando, FL - USA

Post 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.
4 gouldians (Devin and Agnes, Jezebel and Rocky), 4 society finches, 2 Zebras, 2 Cordon Bleus

Matt
Mature
Mature
Posts: 123
Joined: Mon May 19, 2008 7:38 am
Location: Sydney

Post 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.

User avatar
sean
Mature
Mature
Posts: 126
Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:03 pm
Location: Long Island, New York

Post 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.

User avatar
dfcauley
Molting
Molting
Posts: 6892
Joined: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:28 am
Location: Carrollton, Georgia

Post 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?
Donna

User avatar
bonnies_gouldians
Perfect Partner
Perfect Partner
Posts: 389
Joined: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:06 pm
Location: Orlando, FL - USA

Post 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?
4 gouldians (Devin and Agnes, Jezebel and Rocky), 4 society finches, 2 Zebras, 2 Cordon Bleus

Matt
Mature
Mature
Posts: 123
Joined: Mon May 19, 2008 7:38 am
Location: Sydney

Post 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.

User avatar
gomer
Perfect Partner
Perfect Partner
Posts: 366
Joined: Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:01 am
Location: Victoria Australia

Post by gomer » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:55 am

Nice pics.I like the lutino.Is the male gouldian a redline species?
adiction is better than cure

Post Reply