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Sunny's a girl! Oh wonderful--my daughters are thrilled! Thank you all for your replies. (Oh, and Maesie, I really like the quote in your signature on education. We are a homeschooling family, and William Feather's words sum up our philosophy quite well.) Kind regards, Susan

Thank you all for the warm welcome, and for the help in identifying Sunny as a recessive pied . Here are a couple more photos of Sunny outside of his/her cage. In the first one you can see some of the numbers on the legring. I hope it is a clear enough picture of the cere to be able to tell if Sunny is male or female. Many thanks! Susan

Hello! My children and I have a new budgie! We brought him home two days ago, and I confess that we got him from our local pet shop . The children have named "it" Sunny. Sunny is a wonderful, friendly bird, who will already perch on our hands. So far the bird is very quiet--is this normal? I must say, we are having so much fun watching Sunny! We're not sure, though, whether we have a boy or a girl. I read about how to tell the difference, but it seems tricky unless you are experienced, which I am not. Would any of you mind giving me your opinion? Also, what type of budgie do we have? Thank you, so much for this terrific forum. Kind regards, Susan Sunny: