Whos a pretty boy then?

Whos a pretty boy then?

Tweet tweet.

Taken in the back yard of the Craporioum one day when I disturbed the buggers eating my gravel again.

Go on bugger orf get ya own gravel...:p

Al :cool:

Anywhere near the famous skip?:eek: If so, what were you doing there?

Hey thats an endangered orange bellied parrot.

or is it a canary with hookbeak disease

He'd get a few bucks if you stuffed him and stuck him on a perch.

He could pine for the fiords :D

They are Red Rumped Grass parrots, beautiful,:cool: the area is full of them.

Al :)

A gravel eating budgie. :confused:

They all eat gravel, it helps grist up the gristable.

Al :cool:

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Originally Posted by ozwinner

They all eat gravel, it helps grist up the gristable.

Al :cool:

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Are you planning on capturing and stuffing one, for shoulder-perching duties, on Pirate's day? :D :D

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Originally Posted by Auld Bassoon

Are you planning on capturing and stuffing one, for shoulder-perching duties, on Pirate's day? :D :D

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Thats the cats job, he catches them and really stuffs them.:(

Al :(

Arrrr, polly wants Al's gravel.

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Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Arrrr, polly wants Al's gravel.

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Scwarrch...

Al :D

Redrumps are great little birds, I used to breed them amongst other when I lived in Sydney. Not the best birds as pets but really make great aviary birds as long as you don't house to many in the one cage. They can and do get a bit aggresive from time to time.

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Originally Posted by Bluegum

Redrumps are great little birds, I used to breed them amongst other when I lived in Sydney. Not the best birds as pets but really make great aviary birds as long as you don't house to many in the one cage. They can and do get a bit aggresive from time to time.

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Yep Ive bred them too and as you say the are very aggresive to other birds in an a aviary, but still nice to look at.

Al :)

why are they called red rumped ?

I reckon aussiefication of naiming convetions would be great, imagine :

the red@sred parrot, redscrotumed wattlebird... babysheetyellow cockatoo he list would be endless...

The male bird has a red patch of feathers on his rump, the female does not. The female is almost a light olive green and a duller colour than the male. As well as the normal wild birds that Ozwinner has posted there are some great colours coming through in aviary bred birds. :)