New Finch Mansion!

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:54 pm

Ahh Spices! I love them, don't understand how I've managed to deny myself a couple. I may have to remedy that situation on my next trip to Petco.

Thalia · Post by **Thalia** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:39 pm

beautiful newbies!

Finchlet · Post by **Finchlet** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:40 pm

Here's a new 'feeder' I made today. I had an extra piece of wooden dowel and I put a hook on one end and tied some greens to it. You can also see the millet holder the birds love to hang from it and eat. Lynx figuered out how to grab onto the millet and fly at the same time. he pulles them out of the little eye screws that hold them and uses them to decorate his corner. Theres a pic of his nest below. He's quite the interior decorator! So anyway, now I put a twist tie around the end of the stem to keep him from pulling them out.

I need to find a better way to attach the greens. I'm afraid toes will get caught in the twis ties.

Hmmmm...maybe I can put eye-screws in the sides of the dowel and stick the stems of the greens through them, like the millet.....
New feeder: (of course, everyone will be afraid of it)

The goulds have come to check it out!

Getting ready to go for it (note everyone else hiding at a safe distance)

This thing's not so scary.

Millet feeder (with anti Lynx improvements)

Lynx's corner

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:53 pm

Ha! It looks like Lynx is... The Millet King.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:13 pm

h ifinchlet

what a lovely pair of spice finches you have there

ken

Thalia · Post by **Thalia** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:15 pm

lol great shots, I don't know how you do it, but your birds seem to enjoy lining up for their pictures! Mine shoot all over the cage when they see the camera coming, I get more shots of empty perches than anything else! Lynx is too cute, little millet hoarder!

Finchlet · Post by **Finchlet** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:11 pm

Thalia wrote:lol great shots, I don't know how you do it, but your birds seem to enjoy lining up for their pictures! Mine shoot all over the cage when they see the camera coming, I get more shots of empty perches than anything else! Lynx is too cute, little millet hoarder!

I take LOTS of pictures....that way you're bound to get some good ones. About 90% of them turn out to be, like you said, empty perches. Either that, or blurry. And you know how when you take pictures of people, someone always has their eyes closed? Finches too!

Especially Lynx! He just knows that flash is going to go off and he sits there with his eyes closed! I think I have more pics of him with his eyes closed, than I do with them open.

plantsandbirds · Post by **plantsandbirds** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:51 am

Lovely Spices! What type of camera do you have Finchlet? Your photos are always amazing!

Did I mention that I love that little Lynx bird just a bit?

My William also likes to make a nest in a corner of the cage but he takes the silk plants and pulls them into a sort of platform, then brings over millet and flax stalks.

Gouldians certainly are very lovely! Do they have a song?

Finchlet · Post by **Finchlet** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:02 pm

plantsandbirds wrote:Lovely Spices! What type of camera do you have Finchlet? Your photos are always amazing!

Did I mention that I love that little Lynx bird just a bit? My William also likes to make a nest in a corner of the cage but he takes the silk plants and pulls them into a sort of platform, then brings over millet and flax stalks.

Gouldians certainly are very lovely! Do they have a song?

Thanks, I have an Olympus Stylus 300. However I am longing for a Nikon D40 as an entry level SLR camera. Sometimes its hard to get close enough to get a good pic. A zoom lens would be great!

Lynx is a silly little guy. He is my very first finch

Such a character!
The goulds have a quite chirpy warbly kind of song. Its very nice. I'm not really quite sure how to describe it. It's definately lower volume than the zebras. The male will hop up and down while singing. It's kind of funny.

plantsandbirds · Post by **plantsandbirds** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:15 pm

Good thing I don't know of any Gouldian breeders here in Western New York!

Finchlet · Post by **Finchlet** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:11 pm

BATH TIME

Thalia · Post by **Thalia** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:34 pm

lol cute! They enjoy their baths so much!

Very vigorous too, they must think they're filthy all the time lol, or maybe those fluffy feathers buoy them up so they have a hard time getting everything wet!

Rue · Post by **Rue** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:41 pm

Now THAT is a cute bath pic...I hope you don't mind...but I'm going to 'steal' it to post on my parrot forum...

...not that soaking wet parrots aren't adorable too...

plantsandbirds · Post by **plantsandbirds** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:58 am

My little friends also like baths - in fact Humphrey the Society will pull at the water cups when he wants a bath (usually every other day) and I then will put the bathing dish in the cage. They have me trained! Of course, bathing dish means water everywhere and a full cage paper change! I like the little "plop" sound that the finches make when they hop into the water.

Thalia · Post by **Thalia** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:05 am

Hey Rue, what parrot forum are you on?? I'm looking for a good one right now.