Magic time of the year.

[noah.till]

My DB's nest in a brush cylinder
2/3 of the cylinder is full of uprooted clumps of grass and the top 1/3 is melaleuca brush
They nest in the top 1/3
Thats no good about your Quails mate, good luck with the nesting one anyway
Thanks
Noah Till

[Brisbane_Finches_333]

My DB's nest in a brush cylinder
2/3 of the cylinder is full of uprooted clumps of grass and the top 1/3 is melaleuca brush
They nest in the top 1/3
Thats no good about your Quails mate, good luck with the nesting one anyway
Thanks
Noah Till

Sorry, I meant what did the BFPFs nest in?

Thanks
Aidan

[noah.till]

Oh, the BFPF's nested in the bottom 2/3 of that same cylinder, in the grass part
Now when I come to think of it one of the DB nets are in the grass part as well

[finchbreeder]

I have used Gum branch - end of obviously - as the base for them - added mix of grasses. In the wire cylinder that is.
LML

[noah.till]

I have used Gum branch - end of obviously - as the base for them - added mix of grasses. In the wire cylinder that is.
LML

I saw that same idea with someone breeding Orange cheeked waxbills

[Brisbane_Finches_333]

Oh, the BFPF's nested in the bottom 2/3 of that same cylinder, in the grass part
Now when I come to think of it one of the DB nets are in the grass part as well

My BFPFs have just started building their third nest.... I find they favour half-open plant pots the best, using a mixture of melaleuca foliage and november grass as nesing material.

[noah.till]

Mine have just started again, this time in a Budgie box full of dried grasses
Thanks
Noah Till

[shnapper20]

To go down to your aviary or aviaries,stand outside and hear young ones being fed in the nest is one of the best feelings in breeding birds.
Next is waiting with baited breath,to see just how many were actually in there.
My Plum heads have just fledged 5 young, 3 yesterday and the other 2 today and were very vocal in the nest.
It is all happening now with other birds, what a magic time of the year.

well I believe you are right, all the hard work of a breeder is rewarded this time of yr. I can barely keep up with nesting materials , all the birds are twitterpating, the young are squawking ,the weather is kinder allowing you time to sit and watch. To watch the birds with their varied mating displays, to the gusto they attack the green seed heads, live food etc is fulfilling. My gouldians who I dont allow to breed until after xmas are certainly getting toey, I found a nest hidden under one of my fold down access doors built from seed head grass. It was a pretty good effort for a bird not renown for nest building. I have a couple of male canaries in separate aviaries and they have started singing , mixed with the raucous sound of young diamonds demanding a feed the cackling of weavers and the various calls of other birds, you dont even have to go into the yard to appreciate its spring.

[noah.till]

My aviary is about 25m from the house, so I can stand in the window with the binoculars and watch the Black Rumped DB nest, and actuall see the hen sitting on the nest, as well as watch all the other birds coming in and out of nests
Thanks
Noah Till