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That would be very cool, I guess if it has hppened once it could happen again. Sailor, the article says he did have the parents too.

Just bycoincidence I had a lecture today on 'The forefathers of modern conservation' One of them was a bloke by the name of Gifford! I kinda like it Giffy the galah, what do you think

Don't know but I want her! She's bootiful.

Unfortunately we don't really have central bird rescue or wildlife resue here but I have let the wildlife hotlines know and all of the local pet shops and bird suppliers as well as vets and then signs and letterbox drops everywhere. So there aren't really any other options...

We are still putting posters up about Felix regularly, you never know when he may appear. If he comes home to us we will ust have two boys to love

He was a well meant gift, but they can't keep him so they decided not to give him a name so that his forever owners could name him. Apparently he already says Hello!

I will see if he is up to photos when he comes tomorrow. They obviously care very much where he goes, they wanted to bring him to us so they could see that he was going to a good home. He has been on his own at their house for over a month now so he should be able to meet my birds straight away which is nice, one less bird to try and have in quarantine (have a heap of budgies in quarantine at the moment).

As some know we tragically lost an aviary full of birds during the windstorms, the biggest loss of all for us was our tame galah Felix. Sadly he has not returned to us as yet. A person who heard of our loss contacted me today to offer me the gift of a tame galah. He sits on your shoulder and snuggles and they want to find him a great home. So our new boy will be arriving tomorrow and the first thing he will get is a ring on his leg with my phone number on it. We are so grateful for this wonderful gift, I was nearly in tears on the phone. He doesn't have a name yet, any ideas?

If you use the bait blocks rather than pellets they can't drag them out into the aviary and scatter them for birds to eat. If you put a bait block into a little plastic container or a pipe with a hole cut in the end they would go in to feed but not be able to pull the bait block out through the hole. Also a recipe for non-toxic mouse bait: 50:50 plaster of paris or cement and icing sugar. Put the dish somewhere where the birds aren't likely to get to it. I haven't tried this personally but a bloke I know swears by it in his chook sheds. If the mouse dies in the aviary and a bird picks at the carcass the won't be poisoned that way.

The only issue I have with this one Kaz is that I then have to kill the buggers!

It's very interesting Daz, I am moving at the end of the year to the country and plan to build aviaries so some good points to consider.

he'll be nibbling your ear before you know it

I would guess that the green bird is actually a YF but just looks green. Maybe the first is a dilute, though I am not sure of the genetics of that.

Cool, thanks Kaz. I'll stop hijacking now

This one was about $35, would it be worth getting at that price?

Hey Kaz are the YF Greys hard to come by? I hadn't seen any until the other day when I fought the urge t buy one at a pet shop.

Anything yellow face or goldenface for me! My latest desire is a Cremino (yellow faced albino essentially)

I thought about going the pedestal fans but didn't have any dead one's so it would have required a hunt, and for a total of $21 brand new in the end I couldn't say no

Name:Erin Pets: Kelpie(sascha), Cat (Alley), Rabbit(Frank), Lorikeet(Fruit Tingle), Galah(Chuckie), Indian ringnecks(Tim and Tam), four cockatiels, 20ish budgies, 3 rats(Tilly, Billy and Bob), 3 blue tongue lizards (Mr and Mrs Krankypants and Squizzy), one rescue skink(being released after winter back to her alpine home) and one gold fish. Two little boys Alex(nearly 4) and Max (18months) I have deliberately included them in the pets category Favorite Color: any bright colour but especially blues and greens Astrological Sign: Saggitarius Age: 25 Weakness: disorganised, but I'm slowly improving Strength: outgoing and friendly Favorite Animal: I'm a sucker for them all! (incase you couldn't tell that already ) Favorite T.V. Show: don't really do TV, but I do love nature docos. Live: Melbourne, Aus How long have been a BBC member: Not long enough Anything else?....My partner is in the navy so he lives away, I am studying my final subject at uni (degree in Conservation, Biology and Ecology majoring in Botany and Aquatic Ecology), getting married in August, buying a house in September. Currently working part time with the Vic Dept of Sustainability (government department responsible for health of public land essentially) :Sigh: It's all finally coming together

I have photos of my stand but I didn't think to take a photo of the bird feeders when I was there, if I go over the weekend I'll take a photo. Here's the stand: You can see how much food it hold, it's definately big enough for my birds!

I went trawling yesterday for options for a large platter for serving fresh food on. What I ended up with was a round bird stand which I got on clearance for $15 down from $50 from my local pet shop. Then what to use as a tray? I went to Bunnings and got a 40cm wide ceramic glazed plant saucer for $6. The stand is gold coloured and the saucer is heritage green so it looks quite stylish. I also found at bunnings ceramic bird feeders. Which were much the same as a large(44cm)deep planter saucer. They were glazed in nice colours with a little design in the middle. They have three holes near the edge so that you can put wire or chain on them to hang them up from the roof of the aviary. Quite pretty and also very large so would be suitable for seed or vegies for someone with lots of birds to feed. They were only $17.

North Sydney, Bah... (Sorry Melbourne person here ) I haven't spent much time around the north coast area, but if you get a chance the south coast of NSW is gorgeous, they have some of the best beaches in the world. Melbourne's pretty good too

They are lovely. Where in Aus are you heading? There are lots of Aussies here and we'll steer you straight :grin:

In humans males have the XY chromosome which means that sex linked conditions(which are carried on the X chromosome) like colourblindness show up in males more. The opposite is true in budgies. Because a female budgie has the XY configuration they only require a single copy of the X chromosome for a condition to show up. Male budgies are XX so they need two copies. You get one copy fromn each parent so the male chick must get an albino carrying X chromosome from both parents whereas a female only needs to get one.

SNAP! Also it stops too much destruction by my cheeky quails