(Belle, Ava, Striker and Sparty)
March 3, 2010
parakeets in their cage
Ava, Sparty, Striker and Belle
Jan. 30, 2010
by Jessica
Parakeets eating millet
Belle, Ava, Sparty and Striker attack their food, 1/20/2010
Sparty as you’ve never seen her before
Our yellow parakeet Sparty is quite a nice looking bird, but until now you may not have seen her this clearly. Jessica shot this photo of Sparty with our Nikon DSLR, and I think the detail is stunning! (Click the photo for large version.)
grooming birds
In the first photo, Jessica captured Sparty and Belle working their feathers over with their beaks. Though parakeets have a sort of retracting beak, unlike their larger broad-tail parrot cousins, when they take it out it is a serious piece of hardware. That’s good for eating seeds, of course, but it’s also useful in keeping their beautiful feathers clean–which they do very well by grooming themselves vigorously several times a day.
The second picture is just a nice group shot.
(photos by Jessica McKeown)
bird conference
The four parakeets have started to exhibit a new behavior–long sessions at a time when the four of them gather around in a circle for tweeting, grooming and general togetherness. It’s very fun to watch.
Sparta, Striker, Belle and Ava having a conference
photos: Belle and Striker, Ava and Sparta
October 10, 2009
parakeets video: Ava stays
I’ve got a new video of the parakeets up–you can see it here on the diary blog.
Ava and Striker have a conversation
8/14/2009
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