Aussie Finch Forum

Tiaris wrote:I call it water grass. Often found in drainage channels, creek banks near water, dam edges, etc. - likes wet feet. In the barnyard grass family. Excellent finch tucker.

Thanks Tiaris, they get more excited by this grass than any other I've provided them

Hi everyone,

I'm currently feeding my gouldians panic & veldt but saw this grasses. Are they ok to give to mix it up for them a bit?
Thanks a lot
Nat

Nat l have fed both those to my finches, the first one i call helicopter grass and and i have just seen pics of wild Blue face parrot finches feeding on it.The second one is a type of millet looking seed from a flat growing grass.
If it tastes bitter to them and they have other choices they wont eat it anyway. Craig

Thanks a lot for the reply Craig.
I'll try them on the helicopter grass first.
The first pic and last pic looked like different types of grasses. What do you think?

When I put helicopter grass into google it looks like either
eleusine indica or digitaria ciliaris
One of the experts might know
Thanks again
Nat

From top to bottom they are Parramatta Grass, Rhodes Grass, Summer Grass & Wild millet.
They are all decent finch grasses with summer grass & wild millet being the best.

Its always a good idea to give a variety of grass seed heads. Within reason you can do no wrong. No grass seeds that I know of are poisonous. Some are more useful than others but all are good provided they are clean from pesticides or fungus + a variety provides a more complete diet.

That's great thanks so much.
I'm looking forward to going for a walk tomorrow and grabbing some!

I've found a new grass I'm keen to try on my gouldians.
Can anyone ID please?
Thanks
Nat

Wild Oats -Avena fatua, Avena sterilis?