Had a very welcome surprise today. I got a young Alexandrine in! Usually, you see brand-new hand-raised Alexdandrines at the end of the year, with maybe a few in January, as this coreesponds with their breeding season and subsequent handrearing period. This young male, Aj, is around a six-month old bird. He was brought as a newly hand-raised bird from a local breeder but his owner had other time constraints and decided to sell him. He's is lovely young bird, very happy and healthy. Only having arrived this afternoon he's understandably a little nervous yet, cautious and a bit wary. But he's already exploring his cage, playing with small foot toys (pegs and pen lids fall into this category for an Alex!) and came out for the last hour of the day to ride on my shoulder, where he transferred his curiosity to my hair-clips and earlobes.
Also have some photos of Bird, the lovely rainbow lorikeet (He was sold and went home yesterday) and Baby, the very little olive rainbow lorikeet. He is still with us, and will remain so for the next week while I maintain he's eating properly on his own and strong enough to cope with a move.
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