Birds are wintering and resting

red headed white breasted single factor yellow back male gouldian molting into adult colors

opaline bourke hen

red faced star hen

young scarlet males with extra red on the bellies

young scarlet male enjoying a nap in the sun

star finch male and juvenile gouldian

owl finch and pair of young forbes parrot finches

opaline pale fallow male bourke

marked white pied society finch

young blue scarlet male

young blue scarlet male

young gouldian juveniles

young opaline bourke

opaline bourke and societies

normal bourke males and star finch

young opaline bourke

red headed purple breasted yellow hen gouldian and red headed dilute male gouldian

marked white pied society and yellow headed dilute male gouldian

young male normal bourke

young male normal bourke

pearl society, pale fallow bourke hen, normal bourke male, highly red opaline dilute male turquoisine

New baby and bird pictures

red legged honeycreeper pair

red legged honeycreeper male

spotted tanager

scarlet chested parakeet baby

gray white fronted blue male scarlet chested parakeet

lutino and pale fallow bourkes

baby normal gouldian finch

pastel and yellow baby gouldian finches

red brown society finch babies

star finches and cordon blue male

male strawberry finch

yellow faced star hen and male forbes parrot finch

male forbes parrot finch

melanistic red headed purple breasted normal male and red headed white breasted normal backed hen gouldian finches

gouldian babies from the above pair

orange headed yellow gouldian pair

black headed silver male and black headed yellow male gouldians - babies from last year

black and white mannikin

heavily pied red faced parrot finch

dominant pied blue canary male

Babies and mutations...

Despite the disappointing gouldian season, there are still quite a few new babies in the aviary.  All the society babies are big enough to close band.  Can't wait until they all fledge.  The owl babies are no more, unfortunately.  Both died with full crops and without any obvious trauma, so not sure what happened.  Canaries lost their fledgling, also for unclear reasons, but are now raising a new baby.  The white javas took over the gouldian style nest box in their flight and are raising a family.  Sea green red faced parrot finches have weaned their brood of 3 and are sitting on 4 fertile eggs.  I don't think my new turquoisine hen likes my male so far.  Hopefully they'll bond as time passes.

BH PB SFYB male gouldian

hoping this new lovely big boy will win the heart of my eager BH WB BB gouldian hen who had had 3 clutches of infertile eggs with 2 different previous mates now

he's a nice big boy

well fed white java babies

pearl society babies (chestnut pearl, I think)

fawn society babies, 3 are dilutes with clear wing

better view of the all 4 babies

fawn babies

chocolate self babies - if male will be split to creamino

more fawn babies - hoping for some red browns

forbes parrot finch baby with his foster parents - he fledged today, but decided to snuggle with his parents back in the nest

new red factor canary baby

napping after a big meal

turquoisine male still trying to gain the favor of his new mate

weaned sea green baby - starting to molt into adult colors