Casuarina Parrot Gardens

03/05/2024

44 years of Glossy Blacks in my life and 40 years since we bred the first of many here at Casuarina. I still get a real thrill out of breeding these beautiful birds, so I am buzzed to have these 2 in the house now. I hope the 2 sets of parents will breed again as it is still early days in the Glossy winter breeding season. The oldest one is 5 weeks and the little one is 2 weeks old. Interesting is the difference in the vocals of the 2. They are such sweet little birds but I need to have my wits about me to make sure I do a good job of raising them, as they can be quite difficult to rear.

29/03/2024

Happy Easter to me with the first baby Glossy Black Cockatoo for the season. An early one hatching in March. Mum and dad are a young pair and last years eggs were infertile. This year they got it right and are doing well with their first baby.

Easter Blessings to all.

24/01/2024

How much do I love Scarlet Macaws ???? Decided to move some birds around this morning and was attacked by this angry male Scarlet Macaw. I had his friend in the net on the ground and was bending over it when this boy landed on my back and started biting me. I put my hand up to stop him and he grabbed my hand with his foot and his other foot was grabbing my head. Luckily my worker was quick enough to catch his head and pull him off, leaving me with this bite and nicks on my hand and arm. Could have been a lot worse. Dodged another bad one.

25/12/2023

18/12/2023

Wishing everyone a happy and safe Christmas from me ` Noddy` and all the furred and feathered friends. Included is a Noddy on the Voddy pic because it has been a crazy lead up to Christmas. Murphy`s law really kicked in, but there you go.[ for example 3 broken water pipes in one day, meaning a huge loss of water } However I am grateful as always to have such a beautiful place to celebrate the season, and very mindful of the fact of so many doing it tough. A Christmas wish for the world to be more equal.