Zebra
- vettepilot_6
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Such a pretty little bird...and such a great bird to introduce to first timers to Finch Breeding.....
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- Nrg800
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The only threat from Zebras is that they may dominate breeding, and you'll therefore have less success from the other species.
Latest Lifer: Black-headed Gull (HaLong Bay. #528)
Australia List: 324 (White-throated Nightjar)
Global Year List: 119 (Powerful Owl)
Australia List: 324 (White-throated Nightjar)
Global Year List: 119 (Powerful Owl)
- mattymeischke
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Their highly social habits make them antisocial: they think they're visiting but the birds they 'visit' often desert their nests in consequence.
They kept building nests right next door to my less sociable species. The other species would move out of their quiet corner and zebs would move in (There goes the neighbourhood)
They also laid eggs in other birds' nests from time to time, which occasionally hatched
Further, in Australia, there are so many mutants and so few pure normals, that it is hard to know for sure what the genetic composition of your birds is.
I love zebbies, but will not keep them with other species anymore, except perhaps Bengos, quail and canaries.
...and I love that cow thing. It felt better than the chicken, bunny or chimp....
They kept building nests right next door to my less sociable species. The other species would move out of their quiet corner and zebs would move in (There goes the neighbourhood)
They also laid eggs in other birds' nests from time to time, which occasionally hatched
Further, in Australia, there are so many mutants and so few pure normals, that it is hard to know for sure what the genetic composition of your birds is.
I love zebbies, but will not keep them with other species anymore, except perhaps Bengos, quail and canaries.
...and I love that cow thing. It felt better than the chicken, bunny or chimp....
Avid amateur aviculturalist; I keep mostly australian and foreign finches.
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
- mattymeischke
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It's a very close view of a red Painted Firetail's face.
The picture was too high-res, and by the time I cropped it to fit the avatar spot, it looked like this. I quite like it, so I've kept it.
The picture was too high-res, and by the time I cropped it to fit the avatar spot, it looked like this. I quite like it, so I've kept it.
Avid amateur aviculturalist; I keep mostly australian and foreign finches.
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
- Nrg800
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I always thought it was a Red Lory xD
I'd suggest a pair of Painted Finches, rather than Zebras. I really love Painted Finches!
I'd suggest a pair of Painted Finches, rather than Zebras. I really love Painted Finches!
Latest Lifer: Black-headed Gull (HaLong Bay. #528)
Australia List: 324 (White-throated Nightjar)
Global Year List: 119 (Powerful Owl)
Australia List: 324 (White-throated Nightjar)
Global Year List: 119 (Powerful Owl)