Holy Cra! he did what to a pied diamond sparrow nest!

KiwiBigD · 12 Dec 2013, 13:40

Beautiful result, thanks for sharing.

12 Dec 2013, 13:52

thanks...i will stay well away from them. that pied looks like it ready to jump ship!

15 Dec 2013, 10:36

partly matured now - pied cock/split fawn. .......from fawn pied hen

15 Dec 2013, 10:40

page 1 photo of the young pied. out today with nest mate. one got all the colour and one nothing. as for breeding the zero colour ones usually outperform the heavily decorated ones. but a very nice looking bird

15 Dec 2013, 15:54

Very nice bird WB,it's interesting how the legs/feet and toenails are pied as well, being white/ yellow.Many years ago,if any birds where split to pied you could tell if they had a white toe nail or two. It can happen in parrots as well. Craig

15 Dec 2013, 16:12

Craig52 wrote:Very nice bird WB,it's interesting how the legs/feet and toenails are pied as well, being white/ yellow.Many years ago,if any birds where split to pied you could tell if they had a white toe nail or two. It can happen in parrots as well. Craig

I agree, Craig. That's how a friend of mine got onto pied Bourkes and (I think) red-rumps as well.

16 Dec 2013, 10:49

Budgie breeders have been using the feet to tell pied chicks in the nest before pin feather stage for years. Does not always work of course, as it depends where the pieding is.
LML