by lucas | Dec 24, 2013 | Articles, Finch Species
I have had a good season with the crimson finches and bred some really nice birds. I took some time out during the week to take a few photos. I hope you like the photos of some of the young. Breeding Crimson Finches has been a successful process, so I will follow this...
by lucas | Dec 24, 2013 | Articles, Breeding, Feeding, Finch Species
This time of year the siskins both red and yellow are well into the breeding season and sprouting seed is an important part of the diet especially when feeding young. I use a mix of 40% grey striped sunflower, 40% safflower and 20% niger. These 3 seeds sprout at the...
by lucas | Mar 5, 2011 | Finch Species
Blue Headed Cordon Bleu – (Uraeginthus cyanocephala) If you have ever seen the blue cap male in his courting dance and noticed the way he fans out his feathers at the front of his forehead forming a type of cap, you will understand why he is called the blue cap....
by ken | Aug 4, 2008 | Finch Species
In Australia, the Pytilia family of finches are popular members of many collections. Most finch breeders confidently talk about Melbas, (green winged Pytilias), Auroras (Red Winged Pytilias), the Yellow Winged Pytilias, which have yellow wings and a red head, but seem...
by lucas | Mar 28, 2007 | Articles, Finch Species, Star Finch
Star Finch (neochmia ruficadua) Found across Northern Australia from the Pilbara, Western Australia to Cape York. The Star Finch species is well established in Australian aviculture. Although there are probably several sub-species of this finch, the birds we keep are...
by lucas | Apr 5, 2006 | Articles, Finch Species
Is there a more beautiful finch than the Gouldian? An old friend of mine said they must have been the most beautiful creature ever created and I tend to agree. This is the time of the year when you start to see the results of the past breeding season. The birds are...
