Australian Birdkeeper – June-July 2018

VOL 31 ISSUE 3 • JUN-JUL 2018 THE PREMIER PET & AVIARY BIRD MAGAZINE Illiger’s MACAW CONURES LOVEBIRDS Bush BUDGERIGARS Paci ...

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REGULARS 128 BREEDING AUSTRALIAN PARROTS: BUSH BUDGERIGARS By Barry Blanch 130 FINCH CHARM: ESTABLISHING A FINCH AND SOFTBILL AV ...

can contribute to this sad scenario. To cite from her article on page 148, ‘If it was a confi dent fl yer, lost its ability to f ...

being bird watchers it is always well worth stopping at Kula Eco Park near Sigatoka, just off Queens Rd along the Coral Coast to ...

Many-coloured Fruit Dove on Taveuni—one of the spectacular fruit dove species of Fiji We pulled into a large entrance area to a ...

The incredible colouration of the Orange Dove is beyond belief. Sub-adults are also spectacular, with the orange colouring comin ...

BREEDING AUSTRALIAN PARROTS AUTHOR BARRY BLANCH Grad Cert App Sc. Ornithology IMAGES JULIE BLANCH Typical nest site in the wild ...

throughout their range. However, they can also pose a danger as predators know there is no other option in dry times for a drink ...

FINCH CHARM AUTHOR AND IMAGES DAVID PACE I HAD BEEN LIVING AND WORKING ON THE SURF COAST of Victoria for 18 years and was in the ...

These included pebbles, course gravels, large rocks, mulch and red desert sand. Water stations have an overfl ow drain to remove ...

External view highlighting the concrete footing and kickplate and 6.5mm rodent- proof mesh automatic trap that ‘usually’ catches ...

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A roosting box, also used for breeding, is essential for conures in the Australian colder climes AUSTRALIA IS NOT THE NATIVE LAN ...

GREEN-CHEEKED CONURE As is often the case with prolifi c species, mutation colours become the main interest in aviculture and th ...

Blue-throated Conure juvenile ABK Patagonian Conure P ODEKERKEN large aviaries. The set-ups I have seen attempt to replicate a m ...

QUEEN OF BAVARIA CONURE In a slightly similar situation to the Patagonian Conure, the Queen of Bavaria or Golden Conure Guarouba ...

Middle; Napolean Weaver female Young Napoleon Weavers among the foliage FINCH FUNDAMENTALS AUTHOR AND IMAGES MARCUS POLLARD BSc ...

Popular for nest construction, Pennesteum grasses are planted in the aviary diffi culties encountered to establish these guys in ...

roofi ng, so there’s another urban myth busted, that weavers won’t build/breed in fully-covered aviaries. Two to three white egg ...