Aussie Finch Forum

Tiaris wrote:Wild honeyeaters breeding well here.

Here too. Had a couple of youngsters trying to find their way out from under the pergola the other day, had to help one into the honeysuckle after it hit the window.
Also got a brand new blackbird baby around too.

We have Willy Wagtails just about to fledge here....and they look entirely different to their parents....

Got home from school today and found the Parrot Finch nest

Lots of birds breeding here. The first pic is of a young non-mutation Zeb two days after fledging. The second picture is of the other four..... the bulge in the middle!

redbrows on second clutch,4 young perched

longtail clutch poking their heads out of the nest but not taking that first flight yet.

doublebars on eggs.

yellow star finch male singing his heart out all day long and the henbird just ignoring him...

song sparrows, crimsons, ob's, greensingers, cordons, gouldians, red face ptyllias, bleending heart pigeons, california quail fledged. Double bars, bullies, tricolors, yellow siskins on the nest, weavers yet to settle down.

well jelous of the lot of you , all I got either in nests or just fledges are : plumheads, painteds, masked, barbary doves , one bleeding heart pigeon and brown quial sitting on enough eggs to make an omlet.

The chats have had 2 failed nests and the pesky parrot finches have had a late start, have had a good run with the goulds 16 nearly fully colourded and 10 of them hens, (no Iam not selling any spare hens) keeping for further breeding as I know the age of these birds, not expecting miracles with the diamonds as they are young.....pete

Trilobite wrote:, weavers yet to settle down.

What are your weavers doing, and what species are they?

Lots of rain again this spring in northern nsw, seems to have spurred on most to breed.
have recently fledged diamonds, blue faced parrotfinches, doublebars, ruddies, 1 late nest of gouldians about 3 weeks ago even though the parents had commenced moulting(had taken away nest boxes but i "wired" up a log so it wouldnt fall down....done a good job as now i cannot get it down either).
seems too wet for masked and painteds but they are still trying... the joys of open flights.
Yellow rumps and stars just getting going now.
good to hear of the breeding successes.

Quarrions
Red Rumps
Purple Crowns
all above going round 2

The following about to fledge ...
Scarlets

Bourkes and Princess Parrots fledged already

Quail x 11

Copious numbers of Zebra Finch's