22 May, 2004
Day 32
Pickle is catching up with Sherbet quickly now. It looks like Pickle
will take after Kiwi and have a barred body with green tail.
We are pretty sure that Sherbet is a she because of the opaque
white nature of her cere, her nostrils.
Today Sherbet came out of the nest box several times. On one of her
bolder explorations she managed to go all around the cage while Kiwi and
Meringue watched and, well, freaked out. They weren't panicky but they
were quite agitated. Here is a bigger picture of Sherbet.
Sherbet seems to have some iridescence in her feathers. They don't look green
at all until you view them in a bright light, then you see green flashes.
This picture also shows Meringue's blue back, which illustrates a similar
effect.
Pickle wants in on the action too. Its not quite ready though.