Cockatiel (Leptolophus hollandicus)

Cockatiel

Leptolophus hollandicus

Also known as Quarrion

Sexing -


The male has more yellow face than the female. The female
has yellow banding in  the tail feathers which the male lacks.


Noise -

Medium, they can produce a decent chirp if needed but generally fairy quite.

General care -

I will be keeping my had rared Cockatiel inside, so she will be higher maintenance with general cleaning and I will be handling her often to keep her tame and get her used to me.

Breeding -

I will not be breeding this Cockatiel. At least for now.

Red Rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)

Red Rumped Parrot

Male (above), female (below)

Psephotus haematonotus


Commonly known as Grass Parrot. They are quite a beautiful bird not alway captured in a image or even seen when walking past them in a cage. When I first seen them in the wild when I was in Marulan  for work was the first time a really appriciated what a beautiful bird they were.


Sexing -


The female is duller and lacks the "Red Rump"


Noise -


Medium, can be noisy when bickering but in general appear fairly quite.


General care -


I hoping they are very hardy and low maintence bird. Provide Fruit, vegetables, greens, grasses and seed daily like all my birds enjoy.


Breeding -


This is a young pair and can breed as of this year (August to December will be there season).

I will provide a selection of boxes but I expect they will probably choose a larger square box.

Nowra Bird Sale

This year I decided to invest in some new breeds of parrot at the Nowra bird sale.

Unlike previous years I believe the rain scared off a few attendants which made it a lot more pleasant to walk around and view the birds.

This year I was particularly interested in Eastern Rosella or Galah but the lack of Galah's or the a reasonably priced pair of Eastern Rosella seen me settle for two other breed that have interested me also.

I purchased a pair of Red Rumps also commonly known as Grass Parrots for $30 to be placed in my larger aviary. They had a bit of of a sorting out period when the Princess Parrot decided to show there dominance of the aviary even fighting between each other but it soon settled down.

I also purchased a hand raised Cockatiel for $35. My son has taken a particular interest in "her" a think they will bond well once he learn she doesn't always want to play!I find myself saying "gentle" a lot. She will live inside for the time being, I'm excited to have another hand raised bird  to interact with.

MIA Gouldian Finch Chicks

A family emergency left my birds to fend for themselves for a lot longer then normal. I returned to find only one Gouldian Finch chick in the nesting box and the other two were missing. I quick scout of the aviary floor produced one chick alive and well that had tried the leap of faith a little too early. The other took sometime to locate; it was dead in the front corned of the nesting box under some grass (causes unknown).

The feathered chick should be flying around within a few days.

9/2 Lost my smaller Gouldian finch yesterday. It way half way across the aviary (too far for the amount of feathers it had) and found my other nearly fledged one out of the box again this morning, I returned it by but it was dead when I got home from work today in a similar position to the other.

Lost all my Gouldian finch chicks which is really shitty to say the least. Maybe inexperienced parents or maybe vermin (although no evidence of late and I do bate where the food is kept)