Tag: Sparta
New toy, new cage setup
April 3, 2012
Sparty stands on one foot
I’m always amazed by the personality of our little yellow bird Sparty (aka Sparta). She [Jessica is pretty sure Sparta’s a female now, and I don’t disagree] is so funny–here she was next to Belle on the cage standing on one leg for a while, long enough for me to quietly grab the camera and take this quick snapshot.
Sparta flies to the front of the house
May 10, 2010
Belle spreads her wings as Sparty watches
May 10, 2010
parakeets in their cage
(Belle, Ava, Striker and Sparty)
March 3, 2010
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)