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Mousebirds

Post by MariusStegmann » Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:56 pm

When I went out to my aviary early this morning, there were a lot of fruit eating birds in my apricot tree. Mostly mousebirds.
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They were after these:
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Re: Mousebirds

Post by monotwine » Sun Nov 15, 2015 2:22 am

I love them. I get them infrequently in my garden.
Your fruit look yummy too. Well maybe minus the ones the birds eat.
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Re: Mousebirds

Post by MariusStegmann » Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:55 am

The fruit are all for them. I don't spray it because the aviaries are too near.
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Re: Mousebirds

Post by Sally » Sun Nov 15, 2015 12:20 pm

How wonderful to see mousebirds in the wild. I've only seen them in photos of captive birds in the U.S. Here, they are very personable pet birds.
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Re: Mousebirds

Post by Rox » Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:30 am

They must be in heaven with all that fruit! I love watching mousebirds, total clowns :)
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