More New Birds!!!

Meet SunSprite!  She is a dominant yellow cheek pearl hen from Michelle Ferrier in Texas.  She was posted on the NCS sales site as being small, but 'petsy'.  Luckily for me, there was a show in Tennessee where another NCS member, Ellen O'Neil, was going.  So, home she came to PA!  This little girl is more than petsy, she is a super snuggle bug.  She is as friendly and cuddly as my MiniToo who was raised by me from an egg.

Meet Sugar (Bourkes Parakeet) and Cinco (whiteface cinnamon cockatiel).  These two are the last two birds that belonged to my Mr. Merlin Bird's breeder, Arlene P.  Arlene asked me if I would like to give these two middle-aged birds a home, so of course I jumped on the chance!  So far, I have not proven myself worthy of more than being fun to whistle and talk with.  Hopefully, I will gain their trust enough that they will come out of the cage and enjoy playing out in the open.  Both were handled, so I will just let them come out in their own time.

Last but not least, we finally have a baby canary!!!  Both birds were first time breeders, so all of the eggs but this last batch of two were infertile.  I think mom must have laid about 10 eggs over the past few months until she figured out how to incubate them correctly.  Dad fed mom and the baby religiously.  Both are now resting and the baby is in with mom, who continues to feed it as it learns to forage in the cage.  

It did not take but a few weeks for this little one to grow up.  I am not sure if it is male or female, but it is the first canary that I have raised that is not afraid of hands.  I can let him out to fly around the room a bit when supervised.