New Photos! - Outdoor Aviary and Babies

Baby #13 above - Soon going to live with Ellen K. Cook, DVM.

Above is Papa Blue, our wild color male. He is 7 - 8 yrs old.

Baby #12 above and below - she will be going to Boston, MA to live.

Above, L to R: baby #12, Papa Blue, and Kilroy
Below, Baby #12

Baby #13

The outdoor Aviary - Groups of birds who get along together spend a few hours at a time here.

This is the outside aviary with 8 Bourke's inside... Usually Skyler, our Rose-breasted (Galah) Cockatoo is in there with them as well. You can barely see Tucker 'tiel on the far right. The little white cage is the carrier from house to aviary and back.

Babies 12 and 13 are DNA-sexed females. I believe #14 is also a female - same petite head, same coloring around her neck. She will be living with a family in Central Indiana.

Kilroy has 3 tiny babies, 1 of which is reserved. These babies' mom, Lily, is sitting on a clutch of 5 eggs now.

Lily's first-born -

#12 is being DNA-sexed and might be leaving in June to live a life of luxury in the Boston/Brookline area of Massachusetts! We think he's a boy...

All of today's photos were shot with my Olympus C-5050, not my Nikon SLR... so the color is "accurate" but not quite the depth as it really is, (compare to portraits taken earlier) and the flash is not bounced, so there's more "white" than there really is.

Baby #13 - the "Middle Child"!

The 2nd to hatch, photographed today. This one is being DNA-sexed - if she's a girl, she's going to Dr. Ellen K. Cook's to live where she'll be spoiled and free-flighted all her life - Dr. Cook has a female already from Kilroy, and does not want any babies! :)

Lily's babies, youngest to oldest #14

Here's her last to hatch, #14, taken today, April 10, 2008. The color is different in the center shot due to lighting and flash - they weren't taken in the same location. She's somewhere in between those colors of rose. We don't know if she's a she, of course.

Kilroy's Babies!

Here's all three -- They hatched on April 2nd and April 5th. These photos were taken today, April 10. Papa Rosy is unique in that he spends a lot of time in the nestbox with Kilroy once his babies hatch, and he helps Kilroy feed them.

April 5: Kilroy's 3rd egg hatched!

Kilroy's 3rd egg hatched this evening! She has three fluffly little babies - I'll post pics as they grow. Papa Rosy is their father. :)

Kilroy and Papa Rosy's Eggs Hatch!

April 2: Kilroy and Papa Rosy hatched two eggs! They have one egg left to hatch, and one was clear. These photos were taken today - two days old.

April 4 Photo Update

Shirley's Bourke's Parakeets

All three babies are flying about now - and just delightful! They are caged in our bedroom, eating on their own, plus being fed formula.

#12 is the oldest, and #14 is the youngest.

They are eating Zupreem Natural parakeet size pellets, Harrison's Adult Lifetime Mash, Higgins Parakeet seed mixed with Higgins Fruit 'n' Veggie, and a bowl of water. They also get millet and fresh minced veggies. (peas, carrots, corn, squash, etc). Their formula is Zupreem Embrace Plus.