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Mr Tino
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Hi meepmeeps welcome to aussie finch forum,there is alot to learn and ask enjoy.

Cheer from Mr Tino :wave: :thumbup: :thumbup: :clap: :)
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ColouredFeathers
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Welcome to the forum :wave: :wave:
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Jayburd
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Welcome!!!!
Julian

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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Finch_Breeder
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Location: Adelaide, South Australia

Welcome :wave:
Birds I own/have owned: Budgerigars, **Zebra Finches**, **Star Finches**, Canaries, Diamond doves... Rocky the Galah! & Cocky the Sulphur Crested 'too
-Mike-
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meepmeeps
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Joined: 16 Jul 2012, 06:37
Location: England

ty everyone nice to be here :)
ive recently been told ive gone mad with my little birdys, my reply was i was always mad until i started keeping birds ;)
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mattymeischke
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Joined: 25 Jul 2011, 20:25
Location: Southern Tablelands of NSW

Hi meepmeeps, welcome to the forum.
Have you seen this thread yet - http://www.aussiefinchforum.net/viewtop ... chandelier; longtails (or shafttails, if you prefer) nesting in a chandelier.....
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)
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meepmeeps
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interesting link :D sounds like my home accept i got a lot of shaft tails :D only 2 free flying though. i couldnt imagine coming home and not having any shaft tails in my home it just wouldnt be normal for me lol
i remember going to a petshop before i had any birds i see this little shaft tail that kept calling and i'd never seen or heard of one before so i bought him :) i figured he was calling for a mate and believed he was seperated. took me about 4 months to get him a hen and since then he is like a totally different bird. he was very lonely and withdrawn when i first got him but now i can definatly see he is very happy and all loved up :) had him about 18 months now so he's doing fine.
he is the daddy of my little hand reared shaft tail, the hand reared one is totally unlike any shaft tail you've ever known. he even learnt tunes i used to whistle at him when he was young and he responds to words. he comes everytime i cal him too. i bought him a little mate too and he is all loved up with her lol too cute. she is now hand tame as well since i let her free fly with him. when i first bought her she didnt look well, her plumage was really bad and her beak was all chopped up with a weird deep scratch down one side but its all gone now. she's a lovely bird and i wouldnt ever part with her now.
the hand rear one (Beebies) is obsessed with my morning cuppa tea lol he wont drink it cold it MUST be warm and i know milk is a no no for finches but he will hound me til the sun goes down for it :D oh and ready salted hoola hoops crisps, there is no stop in him, i even got a photo of him rummaging through my packet :D these birds are a classic.
Australians are so lucky to have these birds in the wild over there, i wish they were native here too so i could watch them out my window flying freely :)
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jnorriss
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I'd love to see pictures of them. Unfortunately I can't have a free flying bird here on the Gold Coast as we have an open plan house and doors all open most of the year. Must be great...nothing more satisfying than hand rearing baby finch to adulthood.
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meepmeeps
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hi ya i have video's and some nice pics of him and of them both together. they usually sit on the window sil behind the net looking out the wijndow together lol its almost like they are watching TV :D they can sit there for hours watching traffic go by and looking for other birds flying about. what makes me laugh the most is when i have a layin due to my lazyness lol he comes over and sits neat my throat and just watches me, i think he is checking for a pulse :D
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