A sad day

[wildbill]

pretty sad day yesterday. my old great great grandmother a black faced white breasted blue gouldian passed away at aged 6 years plus. the last of the original breeding birds left from 8 pairs

4 black face white breasted blues
4 limes

over the 6 years she witnessed roughly 400 young in assorted mutations come and go. not so many this year but in her case she did lay once and hatched 2 young but unfortunately the male tossed the young. that was it for her.

anyway considering how short the life cycle is for a blue this way - usually measured in months- she did extremely well. enclosed photo was her I think as a sprightly 3 year old

[lovezebs]

wildbill

So sad my friend....

I'm so sorry to hear that, she was such a lovely bird.

[Babs _Owner]

wildbill

Bittersweet, as she lived a wonderful life out in your large aviary. Now her legacy, I am sure, lives in many aviaries out there somewhere.

Cheers to her long life.

[Fraza]

Looks like a very nice bird

[ac12]

Awww

Always a sad event.