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The Finster Log
Breakthroughs
Posted on: 10/10/04, 12:23:00
Frank, Darjeeling, Goober and Earl Grey are still pretty disappointed that their comfortable retirement has been interrupted by so many young and busy Finsters. But I think they'll be okay. Bedtime can still be difficult for Frank, who only ends up on the top of the proper nest box about half the time, but that's the hardest. They're still eating, drinking, bathing, napping, pooping and flying around. Best of all, there's no fighting.
The four "original" Finsters still spend most of their time with each other, but Friday night, Frank spent quite a bit of time on the white concrete perch with the two new Society finches! Here's a photo of him with the male, the female flew away before I could get the camera:
None of the new Finsters think that either of the concrete perches are evil, so the two new Society finches were just hanging out together. Frank, as usual, was picking at all the hardware bits on the perch.
Although the "new" Finsters still haven't figured out that tofu is food, and they seem a little uncertain about pepper seeds, they realized right away that the top of nest boxes are pretty good spots. Interestingly, it took until today for them to go inside one. At 10:44 this morning, the hybrid discovered that the white plastic nest box is The Magic Purveyor of Tasty Seeds. While there probably aren't any actual seeds left, she (I've never seen her sing, so I think she's female) picked at the bare spray, and then sat in the entryway for about 15 minutes.
The Spice finch on top of the box stayed there with her the whole time, occasionally preening the top of her head. Since it was daylight the photo turned out pretty well. You can click here for a close up of the Spice/Society hybrid. She looks almost like a Spice finch except for that silver lower beak.
An hour later, the hybrid spent about ten minutes perched in the entryway of the farthest best box on the right, head in. And unless my head is still too full of mucous to count correctly — which is entirely possible — there's another Spice finch inside. This could be very exciting!
The four "original" Finsters still spend most of their time with each other, but Friday night, Frank spent quite a bit of time on the white concrete perch with the two new Society finches! Here's a photo of him with the male, the female flew away before I could get the camera:
None of the new Finsters think that either of the concrete perches are evil, so the two new Society finches were just hanging out together. Frank, as usual, was picking at all the hardware bits on the perch.
Although the "new" Finsters still haven't figured out that tofu is food, and they seem a little uncertain about pepper seeds, they realized right away that the top of nest boxes are pretty good spots. Interestingly, it took until today for them to go inside one. At 10:44 this morning, the hybrid discovered that the white plastic nest box is The Magic Purveyor of Tasty Seeds. While there probably aren't any actual seeds left, she (I've never seen her sing, so I think she's female) picked at the bare spray, and then sat in the entryway for about 15 minutes.
The Spice finch on top of the box stayed there with her the whole time, occasionally preening the top of her head. Since it was daylight the photo turned out pretty well. You can click here for a close up of the Spice/Society hybrid. She looks almost like a Spice finch except for that silver lower beak.
An hour later, the hybrid spent about ten minutes perched in the entryway of the farthest best box on the right, head in. And unless my head is still too full of mucous to count correctly — which is entirely possible — there's another Spice finch inside. This could be very exciting!
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07/12/07, 09:17:56
WOW!