The Flock: August 2006

Paula, Simon, and Randy, Pigging Out

Paula, Simon, and Randy, Pigging Out
Originally uploaded by shon.miles.

These three blue-fronted amazons love to eat. Paula and Randy say, why bend over when we can feed each other :)

Are you going to Share?

Are you going to Share?
Originally uploaded by shon.miles.

Randy wants to take advantage of the extra food Paula took during her last bite.

Pippin Enjoying his meal

Pippin Enjoying his meal
Originally uploaded by shon.miles.

This is Pippin, baby brother to Frodo . He is quite the little noise maker, he loves his food, and is already making talky noises.

Hello, I'm Sky

Hello, I'm Sky
Originally uploaded by shon.miles.

Sky is enjoying sitting atop the new big cage that will soon go into the bird room for the Eclectus parents. They currently have babies in their nest box so we want to wait until we pull the chicks before we disturb them with a new cage.

Sky is the last Blue Fronted amazon from the first batch of 3 we hand raised. He has a beautiful blue face, that is why we named him Sky.

Lucky Says Hello

Lucky Says Hello
Originally uploaded by shon.miles.

Lucky is a Double Yellow Amazon. Double Yellow Amazons are highly endangered in the wild, with less than 8000 left. Lucky is the last of three siblings that have already been hand raised and sold. He is currently living it up in the huge new cage we got for the Eclectus parents, but are currently taking care of chicks.

Lucky is a great talker already and super smart. As you will see in this photo he has already figured out how to eat out of a spoon completely on his own. When my wife had just finished feeding Pippin, and needed to put him away, Lucky jumped down and took charge of feeding himself.

Blue Front

Blue Front
Originally uploaded by shon.miles.

This is Sky, our pretty blue front Amazon, posing for the camera.

Lucky learns to eat with a spoon

Lucky learns to eat with a spoon
Originally uploaded by shon.miles.

He did this totally on his own, it was so cute!

Pippin

Pippin
Originally uploaded by shon.miles.

Here is another one of Frodo's baby brothers, this is pippin, he is about 6 weeks old. He is by far the most vocal Eclectus we have hand fed yet. Maybe he will be a good talker.