Australian Birdkeeper – June-July 2018

the foliage where their overprotective parents will tend to them. The chicks appear to spend a bit more time on the ground befor ...

THE SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO is an iconic Australian species that attracts various comments from onlookers. For some, they are c ...

C. g. fi tzroyi Sulphur-crested Cockatoo pair at Stephan Maric’s Melbourne aviaries C. g. galerita Sulphur-crested Cockatoo pair ...

BREEDING Both Stephan and Hayden fi nd their breeding season starts in August and concludes in December—although Stephan has had ...

results, but in recent times he has opted for 60L metal drums which he fi nds are easy to handle and maintain. He positions thes ...

IT WAS AT THE END OF 1980 that an ‘almost yellow’ Pacifi c Parrotlet was born^1 in the United States. The fact that this new mut ...

with Turquoise, of Yellam Turquoise. Thus far, we have kept the genetic symbol ‘ya’. Eventually, if this mutation proves to be a ...

Increased access to enrichment and more... Costs and challenges may include: Increased risk of fl ying into windows, walls, or ...

Step-up training with positive reinforcement has been described in previous articles, such as Living a Bite-free Life with Your ...

OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH ILLIGER’S MACAWS, otherwise known as Blue-winged Macaws, began in the late 1980s, when we saw our fi rst sp ...

In front of the aviaries are espaliered stone and pome fruit trees, citrus and almonds that are interplanted with three differen ...

The pellets we provide are from Vetafarm™ and we mix all three varieties (South American Mix, Nutriblend Breeders and Paradise) ...

PARENT REARING Fledging is at about 12 weeks, but often the chicks return to the nest box during the day and sleep in the box wi ...

J GRIFFITH the Australian Museum in Sydney, wrote, ‘Though a common species in eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and the Solomon Isl ...

D WHITE a Sydney bird dealer while on a family holiday. They commenced nesting shortly afterwards. The temporary aviary was a co ...

Blue-faced Parrot Finch in captivity in Europe in 1887 and reportedly continued his success for eight generations. The Blue-face ...

Interestingly, across all lovebird species, the fi rst attempt of the male to woo the female is met with indifference, or even a ...

Dilger crossed Peached-faced Lovebirds A. roseicollis, which tuck numerous strips of nesting material into the feathers on the r ...

BIRDKEEPER.COM.AU | VOL 31 ISSUE 3 | JUN-JUL 2018 159 Rather than just selecting twigs, the lovebirds fashioned the twigs to mee ...

SOME OF THE REASONS I KEEP BIRDS are that I love watching their behaviours, learning about how better to provide for their needs ...