Aviary visits: desertbirds and the Alice Springs Desert Park

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Jayburd
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Nooooooo not the finches!!!!
I really want to go back, see it properly :)
Who knows, maybe the keeper I asked about Burke parrots was you DB!!
Julian

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Beautiful photos!!
Venetta and Kylie
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Great pics. If DB is doing a complete avairy makeover - birds and all - it sounds like the perfect excuse to do it all again in 6 months. :thumbup:
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Tiaris
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Just wondering if the Orange Chats were aviary birds or wild ones?
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All shots in this thread are of aviary birds.
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Thanks for that Madhatter. Question to DB: Are they colourfed?
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Fantastic photos!
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The colour comes from the nectar they are fed. I think it may be a wombaroo product. These 2 are wild cock birds at the poo ponds a few ks from home and you can pick the difference (just).Slightly more Orange than yellow but i think the bloke that sold them to you has the answers as ive seen pics of few very nicely coloured cocks in his collection.Richly coloured wild cocks literally glow and there is a fair amount of Orange rather than yellow.

Jayburd im not a keeper at the park so it wasnt me you spoke to. Im just the janitor apparently and get reminded of that weekly. :lol:
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:lol:
Wow, what colors.... What I wouldn't give to see them in the wild :D
Julian

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That is one eye pleasing aviary, the birds spectacular, OMG, that is one clean aviary. Madhatter, if you are the janitor, you are under paid!!!! Love the barn owls. Thanks for the eye candy!
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