22 May, 2004

Day 32

two budgie chicks, 32 and 31 days old, sitting on a table.

Pickle is catching up with Sherbet quickly now. It looks like Pickle will take after Kiwi and have a barred body with green tail.

32 day old budgie chick and its father.

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.

adult male budgie with two chicks, 32 and 31 days old.

Pickle wants in on the action too. Its not quite ready though.