I know it has been a long time and I bet there are very few people that were that worried, but I am back.  Life in the aviary has gone on just fine, but life in the rest of the house was turned over a few months ago.  I am now on my own and trying to work, finish my last semester of college and tend to the birds by myself.

 

But enough of that!  Let’s get to the real issues at hand!

 

There have been a few new additions to the flock since I last updated.  Pele has been joined by a beautiful male Budgie by the name of Sammy.  He is a Recessive Pied Cobalt Opaline Type 2 Yellowface.  When they are old enough, I hope to get some beautiful babies from the pair of them, since Pele is a Violet Spangle Opaline Type 2 Yellowface.  Because Yellowface is still somewhat of a mystery as far as modes of inheritance, I am very excited to see what sort of Blue I can get from combining two Type 2 Yellowfaces together.  I may get all Type 2’s, Type 1’s or plain Blues or I may get a combination of the three.

Here is Sammy:

I have also adopted a great little Pied male Cockatiel from a gentleman who could no longer keep him.  He was originally found in a garden, but after searching for his real owners to no avail, the man decided to keep him.  The Tiel is approximately 11 years old, give or take a year.  His name was Mr. Byrd, but I have generously named him His Royal Highness Mr. Byrd Byrdington Esquire the Third.

Mr. Byrd:

I also just recently took in a flock of 10 Peachface Lovebirds, some named and some not.  They include:

Medium Dutch Blue Violet female/ Medium Whitefaced Blue DF Violet split to Am. Cinn. male (Nefertiti and Tut)

Green Pied female/Medium Green Pied split to Blue male (yet to be named)

Medium Seagreen Violet female/ American Cinnamon Pied split to WF Blue male (Pebbles and Bam Bam)

Medium Seagreen Violet female/ Dark Seagreen Pied male (Speedy and Spunky)

American Cinnamon female/ Whitefaced Blue Pied split to Am Cinn. male (Skittles and CeCe)

Pics will be added when they are done with quarantine.