Surprise! :-D

I hope I'm not "counting my chickens before they hatch", because last time they tossed them all, but my owl finches have babies again! I can't tell how many there are, but I can see wiggly black things in their nest box. Unfortunately owl finches are sensitive to ANY disturbances, so I can't do a quick nest-check, but I definitely see little wigglies in there! :-D Got my fingers crossed that all goes well this time.

I got Tangerine and Echo's baby banded this morning. It has a pretty white "bracelet" now. :-) I hand-fed it while I had it out, since the parents hadn't fed it yet, but they came along a little while later and topped its "tank" off. he he It looks like it'll be light gray and white, but it's hard to tell for sure. Tangerine is fawn and Echo is chestnut-flanked white.

We moved all our society finches to a community cage over the weekend. We banded the ones that didn't already have bands so we can tell them apart. (They all blend in with each other when they're in large group.) They seem happy to have some "new" friends, and combining the cages freed up a lot of space in my bird room ...

... which makes plenty of room for two new pairs of zebra finches! :-D They're supposed to be overnighted to me tomorrow for arrival on Thursday or Friday. This will be the first time I've had any shipped, so hopefully there won't be any problems. Here are some pics from the aviary's website (Singing Wings Aviary):


Above: Black-Cheeked Chestnut-Flanked White Pair, unrelated, DOB 1/4/11


Above: Fawn Cheek Black Breast Male, DOB 2/27/11


Above: Fawn Black Breast Hen, DOB 2/27/11 (unrelated)