A certain segment of the population believe that the end times are here. We’ve had plagues world wide, locusts in Africa, war in the Middle East, and famine growing at various locations. This is a time when you might not be able to spare a few dollars for conservation efforts. Or to even think about what’s going on outside your neighborhood. Continue reading “Conservation in Brazil”
About the best this going on during quarantine right now is the cleaning I’ve gotten done. I’m happy to say that some projects that have been on a back burner for years have been taken care of. And currently the floors in my bird room and the canary room look pretty good, I’ve gotten all but a small part of my walk in aviary shoveled out, and my cape doves laid eggs. I’m trying to be calm about that because there’s no telling if the eggs are fertile or not. Continue reading “Next to Impossible”
Spring is a new beginning in times past, although right now it’s the same old thing, day after day. But centuries ago, people made a connection between the rebirth of the world, the trees, the flowers, the young animals, and the egg. Birds are the creatures most commonly associated with eggs, although one mammal and many lizards, fish, insects, and so on, use eggs to birth their young. Eggs convey a specific purpose of survival during development and emergence ready to take on the world. Well, precocious chicks are ready. Altricial chicks need a few more weeks of parental care before they take on the world. Continue reading “Easter Eggs”
There aren’t many finches in the world that I don’t love, but some have proved to be particularly hard for me to raise. That’s why I love my zebra finches. Give them a box and they will go for it. The box can be in the busiest corner in the house and it won’t bother the zeebs. Legend has it that the first carrier of zebras shipped to the states contained nests made of whatever they could find and eggs laid in transit.
In Loco Parrotus 