darned fools

[jusdeb]

Kinda YAY and a sidekick .
Kinda sheesh too cold for this .
Now have 2 baby Bourkes coming into pin feather , lots of pink and maybe wishful thinking but one looks to be creamy ( parent split to cream ).
Grey pied Red Rumps are on 2 newies so far with fertile looking eggs still to hatch .

AND ( this is exciting) Musk Lorikeet is spending a lot of time in the nest of a day and he is feeding her , lots of smootching and cuddling .

Now to wait for them to fledge and try to get them through those first few cold days ...wish me luck.

[VR1Ton]

Should be all good Deb, they all come from out your way & further down, so should be use to the cold by now. Mind you it's been a little chilly this year, down to single figures of a night here already, & last couple of days have been lucky to hit 20.

[desertbirds]

Always the best time of year here for me ??? Redbrows this year and gouldians + Redbrows both fledged young when the morning temps were well below zero last year.Doesnt add up but i guess they know something we dont.Seems ridiculous for Northern species to do that.Check our temps VR i would happily swap right now.At work while i was away they recorded -5.8

[VR1Ton]

It would near kill me these days, this year I have felt the cold more than ever, & considering I work in cold rooms & freezers running at -24, its a bit of a hassel.

[jusdeb]

It has been taxing and its only June .
Dubbo winters are usually not too bad , cold nights but gawjus days . So far its snowed an hour and a half away twice and both times with strong winds driving the cold up here .
My aviaries look like a clark rubber shop has exploded in my yard , plastic everywhere but doing a good job of letting the sun in and the cold out .

I think its going to be a long cold winter .

[Diane]

My aviaries look like a clark rubber shop has exploded in my yard

Another very good visual

[finchbreeder]

Best of luck with them all Deb. Sounds like you have it all under control, to the extent that anyone can.
LML

[BENSONSAN]

Yea deb i hear you..i walked out yesterday and i knew that i had a pair of goulds sitting but didnt expect anything of it seeing as its been so damn cold and eggs i had from other nests did not hatch and they wer in boxes. Well this pair had been sitting in a realy crappy old wikker basket and pretty exposed aswell mind you.

Anyway its chokkers full of babies madly making a rakket and being very noisy. So fingers crossed!!! Becuz weve been down to 4 degrees and 3 aswell in the last few nights.

Dont know how some pairs just manage to pull it off. Also seeing this has been a crap breeding season for me with them. Ive bred a few but not in the numbers i should.

[jusdeb]

Its a worry for sure but think back to summer with young being deserted because of high temps . I guess the birds know whats what .Hope so .

[BENSONSAN]

Hey deb meant to add im trying something for these winters birds who cant say no to breeding. Ive since stuffed the nest boxes with feathers. i checked one out about 30 mins after doing it and the goulds had neatly arranged them. Has to be warmer then grass!! Would parrots do the same deb? I may be well off but trying to make it relevant and hey if it helps?? i thought well dooners are stuffed with feathers and there warm! hehehehe