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Things I have learned about the new Finsters so far:
1: The excitement and stress of a new place will not prevent a hen from laying an egg. We found one this morning, just as I was about to put fresh poop paper in. Bruce thought he saw the tea-colored Society finch straining a bit last night. So
2: the tea-colored Society finch is female.
3: The choco-colored Society finch is a male, since he was singing a Hunka Hunka Burning Love song, and dancing a Hunka Hunka Burning Love dance to the tea-colored Society finch. Interestingly, his song is very different from Tea and Earl Grey's songs, which were pretty similar to each other.
4: The excitement and stress of a new place — not to mention the watchful eyes of seven other birds and two humans — will not prevent a happy male from being amorous. Not only did the choco-colored Society finch sing and dance for his girlfriend, they had sex. Twice. Which doesn't take long in the bird world.
5: While not as calm as Society finches, Spice finches are much less flighty than White-Headed Nuns, and much less frenetic than Zebras. Which is a good thing, since there are so many of them. Their normal call noise is a quiet peep — not as high or sharp sounding as Frank's. I don't think I've heard their Hunka Hunka Burning Love song yet, although I have heard what I think is a long and intricate alarm call.
6: Nine may well be too many birds to stay in the hospital cage for long. Not that I'm trying to keep it clean, per se, but so far it's been a little difficult to keep them with fresh water and sufficient seeds. You see,
7: my hand is Evil. Well, that's not a surprise. But there are an awful lot of flutterpations when I try to give them fresh victuals. And there just isn't a practical way to let them all take baths. So we picked up an external bird bath this afternoon.Click here for another, big photo of the birds and bath. So far, of course, the bird bath is Evil. But you never know. At least one bird found its way inside, briefly and most certainly by mistake, when my Evil Hand of Evil Doing was putting fresh seeds in the cage. If that happens a few more times, they might just figure it out.
The Finster Log
Day Two
Posted on: 09/16/04, 16:12:29
1: The excitement and stress of a new place will not prevent a hen from laying an egg. We found one this morning, just as I was about to put fresh poop paper in. Bruce thought he saw the tea-colored Society finch straining a bit last night. So
2: the tea-colored Society finch is female.
3: The choco-colored Society finch is a male, since he was singing a Hunka Hunka Burning Love song, and dancing a Hunka Hunka Burning Love dance to the tea-colored Society finch. Interestingly, his song is very different from Tea and Earl Grey's songs, which were pretty similar to each other.
4: The excitement and stress of a new place — not to mention the watchful eyes of seven other birds and two humans — will not prevent a happy male from being amorous. Not only did the choco-colored Society finch sing and dance for his girlfriend, they had sex. Twice. Which doesn't take long in the bird world.
5: While not as calm as Society finches, Spice finches are much less flighty than White-Headed Nuns, and much less frenetic than Zebras. Which is a good thing, since there are so many of them. Their normal call noise is a quiet peep — not as high or sharp sounding as Frank's. I don't think I've heard their Hunka Hunka Burning Love song yet, although I have heard what I think is a long and intricate alarm call.
7: my hand is Evil. Well, that's not a surprise. But there are an awful lot of flutterpations when I try to give them fresh victuals. And there just isn't a practical way to let them all take baths. So we picked up an external bird bath this afternoon.Click here for another, big photo of the birds and bath. So far, of course, the bird bath is Evil. But you never know. At least one bird found its way inside, briefly and most certainly by mistake, when my Evil Hand of Evil Doing was putting fresh seeds in the cage. If that happens a few more times, they might just figure it out.
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