Yesterday my boss brought in a carry box containing 14 painteds, 5 diamonds, and 2 yellow stars.
I noticed one of the diamonds was a "yellow", a bird with a yellow beak and tail. I remember someone posting about these recently. Aren't they rare or something?
anyway, they're not for sale I tried
but it will be interesting to see what happens if he fathers/mother a brood of chicks.
here are some pictures:
and here's a normal diamond for comparison.
Other interesting events are:
a grenadier weaver hen with a very severely overgrown beak. it's eating fine (amazingly) but we can't catch it to help it....
and our resident pair of Pin-Tailed Whydahs - male at the bottom, not coloured yet but you can see the black in his wings
Yellow Diamond at Work
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Julian
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Birdwatcher and finch-keeper.
Feel free to check out my photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lewinsrail/
And my birding antics here: http://worthtwointhebushbirding.blogspot.com.au/
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You will have see if you can put an order in for a pair of young diamonds from the yellow
Good pics.
Good pics.
Diane
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