Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 4, 2011 19:50:58 GMT
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Dec 4, 2011 20:04:23 GMT
Nature at it's best  In the picture next to river/pond, almost all the budgies are babies. |
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 4, 2011 20:08:11 GMT
Nature at it's best In the picture next to river/pond, almost all the budgies are babies. I noticed that too, you can see the bars on their heads |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Dec 4, 2011 20:15:22 GMT
Nature at it's best In the picture next to river/pond, almost all the budgies are babies. I noticed that too, you can see the bars on their heads I noticed the ceres first and thought that all were hens, but later saw the baby bars |
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Post by Hezz on Dec 5, 2011 1:05:04 GMT
Unfortunately there will be a high rate of attrition, as the good season passes and things become very dry again. The same thing happened a couple of years ago in western Queensland after a big wet season - budgies everywhere. The numbers just can't be sustained.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Dec 5, 2011 6:44:58 GMT
Yes I have read too that a lot of them die  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2011 6:56:05 GMT
wow they look Amazing....... ........ |
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Nov 27, 2011 1:37:52 GMT
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Post by jimmybanks on Dec 5, 2011 8:40:44 GMT
Would love to go out with a big net and catch some of them... The difference in size compared to exhibition, or even pet type budgies is unbelievable. Totally different birds.
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 5, 2011 8:44:29 GMT
Would love to go out with a big net and catch some of them... The difference in size compared to exhibition, or even pet type budgies is unbelievable. Totally different birds. I take it you mean to just compare the size and then let them go? |
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Nov 27, 2011 1:37:52 GMT
jimmybanks
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Post by jimmybanks on Dec 5, 2011 8:47:48 GMT
Nah, you can get permits to catch them. They sell them here as "Bush Budgies." It is highly regulated but some people are able to. They are way to far from me though, They live up north and I'm down South... Some Aboriginals eat them, thus the name Budgerigar meaning good for food...
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Oct 12, 2011 9:03:44 GMT
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Post by starling on Dec 5, 2011 12:29:29 GMT
That's a sight I would love to see one day.
Snatching them from the wild to keep as a pet is just wrong. I feel sorry enough for my own budgies as they will never experience the wild like that, and I know they would love that freedom.
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Nov 27, 2011 1:37:52 GMT
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Post by jimmybanks on Dec 7, 2011 7:45:10 GMT
I don't mean to sound harsh but where do you think your pets came from? Their fore feathers were captured and bred, and inbred, and bred some more, then inbred again... etc etc. There is a reason why most of the birds in that photo are babies... (they don't last long)
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 7, 2011 8:37:19 GMT
I think it's just a difference of opinion because we're in different countries.
Another way to look at it is that if you did catch some (with a permit of course) then you could probably give them a longer life than in the wild.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Dec 7, 2011 10:44:54 GMT
That's right. I think one of the budgies who lived a long life was in a zoo.
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Post by BirdLoverScotty on Dec 8, 2011 19:42:45 GMT
just amazing pictures
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