Little Beaks

12/02/2025

Star enjoying a different view of the world 😄

She's a special needs rescue, found a few years ago and non-pbfd, perfectly fine and able to fly (surprisingly), and just randomly choosing that spot this morning.

Cos why not? The world might make more sense upside-down 🙂

Hope everyone's doing well.

video description: Star, a near-nakey female budgie, is hanging from a forked twiggy branch, next to a thicker hanging branch with some other budgies chilling on the right way up. She just hangs around for a while, watching the world and the budgies chilling on the branch near her. One of them flies off. That branch is swinging quite wildly. She eventually pulls herself up by flapping a little and using her beak, and starts a quick and confident climb up and between branches to a higher point in the aviary, passing a few other budgies along the way. What a champ.

11/02/2025

Totally unrelated to birds, aside from them having had to put up with the scorchers we've had for seemingly ever, but The Bell Tower Times is legendary and I thought some of you could use a giggle 😄 especially those currently in snow 😅
(this is celcius, for the record)

11/02/2025

Weiros are the bird version of TV static 😏

video description: in an unsheltered section of aviary with one main hanging branch and several other smaller branches in the background, weiros, budgies, and kakarikis are chilling. A couple flying around. Not long in two weiros come to check out the camera and provide solid blur coverage, moving again after a long few moments. They repeat this a couple of times during the clip, allowing the birds in the back to get some attention in the breaks.

10/02/2025

Reasons why we need to protect the planet:

So there's never any kale shortages.

And also, most importantly, so their wild counterparts always have a place to flourish and call home.

The feisty blue budgie in this with an overgrown lower beak is maintained and the condition, as you can probably tell, does nothing to get in the way of her activity.

video description: a human hand is holding a kale leaf in front of hanging branches in a parrot aviary. Several budgies and a weiro land on it and fight a a bit over apparent good bits. Other birds are busy in the background.

10/02/2025

I saw a post last night on one of the community pages... someone giving away a couple of small cages (one round, one square), some seed, and various types of seed treats.

The cages obviously intended for a small bird, although as many would say here, really only suitable for transport.

Someone commented on the post quickly, saying they're getting a canary this week.

Now, I don't know the story beyond this, so I'm making some assumptions, but what I do know from experience is that it's likely a single canary that will now be bought and end up in one of those cages, sentenced to a life there.

Again, I don't know the story, and could be totally wrong. But what I would've loved to have seen was someone (else) jumping in saying something about the cage sizes, politely and respectfully.

Instead, what we continue to see is pet stores selling the same cages that are ridiculously small and allow no space for adequate flight or the type of activity these birds would have in the wild.

Did you know wild canaries can travel several kilometres each day moving between foraging areas and safe roosting spots? It's time to cut the crap with what we consider acceptable for their domestic counterparts. They may live domestically, but they still have their wild instincts.

Little birds deserve just as much care and attention as the big guys.

video description: on the ground in a canary aviary, several canaries are gathered foraging around a piece of kale.

09/02/2025

Simply the best ❤️

Why do you love birds?

video description: on a branch heading away from the camera, a few weiros are chilling, along with a budgie towards the back. Other weiros and budgies are on neighbouring branches. Another weiro comes in in front of the camera to take centre stage, along with a second blurry. The original weiro at the front seems put out and keeps bowing their head in a gap to still be seen. They muck around a bit, while the original weiros now look sleepy in the background.

07/02/2025

The breakfast rush ❤️

One of many food dishes.

Hope everyone is having a good week.

video description: in a hanging ceramic bowl is a heap of mixed shredded vegies with budgies and weiros enthusiastically competing to get the best bits. Other birds are in the background on branches. The sun is casting a glow over things since we're filming from a less than ideal direction.

07/02/2025

Scritch wars.

Tell me birds don't have personalities.

Just try. 😏

video description: two weiros are on a branch beside each other, taking turns to try and get the other to scritch them. They are scitching each other so not being total jerks. They're actually playing a lot more nicely than weiros usually do, with the typical scritch-off.

06/02/2025

A platter of cool vegies including some treats for the birdies today, a very hot day, since they've been such troopers in the heat.

This summer has been relentless! While most of the species here are Aussie natives and used to this climate, the 40+ degree (celcius) days particularly are still tough for them.

Bring on winter!

video description: on the ground of a parrot aviary a black tray is sitting with an assortment of brocolli, some corn, carrot, and celery leaves on the stalk. A thin bit of foliage is hanging over the top. Several birds are waddling around enjoying it, including a yellow kakariki, budgies, and quail, plus Pudge. A weiro also makes an appearance in the background.

05/02/2025

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05/02/2025

This boy right here...

We get a lot of people asking after him, expressing their delight in seeing him thriving and happy.

He's a symbol for so much of what we're about and why we exist.

While many of you know the story, for those who don't, Buddy was nearly killed as a baby, due to a bad case of splayed legs (easily preventable) and a breeder who didn't want to deal with it.

Thankfully, a pet store intervened, and many of you wonderful people helped to make sure he got the surgery and care needed to be able to live a quality life.

That was March 2023, and here we are nearly 2 years later with this handsome head-bobbing lad ❤️

We're here to make sure birds like him don't have to suffer, and don't lose their lives unnecessarily. We're here to fight against unethical breeders and to raise welfare standards to protect birds like this.

It's a long and hard battle, but totally and utterly worth it to see these sorts of outcomes.

Thank you to everyone here for supporting Buddy and all the birds ❤️

video description: Buddy the blue male budgie with one leg sits on a branch just above the aviary ground, chattering away and doing a bit of head bobbing. Some other budgies are climbing in the background, and there's some blurry greenery in the background to the side.

04/02/2025

Morning noms with very special babies ❤️

Having special needs birds or other animals isn't a burden in any sense. It is a complete privilege, and a wonderful way to learn at a deeper level about these creatures.

They are adaptive, resilient, creative, and love life just as any others.

The special needs bubs are hugely cherished at the sanctuary ❤️

video description: special needs budgies and some of their friends are waddling around a black rectangle tray on the aviary ground nibbling at some shredded vegies. Some are on the tray and some are just off to the side. A king quail joins at one point.

03/02/2025

Lucky loves his scritches 🥰
He has an old beak injury and gets beak trims, and will be due for one soon.

Beaks grow at different rates so it can be hard to judge how often they need it done, so monitoring is important.

Despite not being able to fly, he's a happy boy and takes life in his stride ❤️

video description: Lucky the weiro is on a branch, bowing his head and body from side to side kind of with heart wings, before getting onto my hand. He climbs up my arm which is extended out, before I bend my hand to be able to scritch his head a bit. He makes some happy noises.

03/02/2025

We all know how good coriander is, right? 😜

Edit: sorry Americans and anyone else, I think it's what you call cilantro! 😅 it's similar (same plant) but not quite the same.

(personally, I love it on pizza. As well as pineapple.)

video description: firstly a couple of weiros getting at a bunch of coriander hanging off a few branches, followed by budgie who lands on top. The birds continue coming and going and the movement vets a bit rough and wild. One weiro manages to nab a decent stalk. Then a couple of budgies at the end finish the show after the coriander has nearly been knocked off.

01/02/2025

Okay folks, doing some planning for this year, and want your thoughts...

1) what types of merch are you interested in? Do you like the current range of tops, mugs, totes etc at Bonfire? (See the 'Shop' link at www.littlebeaks.org) Too expensive or anything else? We are open to expanding to anything else (within reason 😝)

2) does anyone have recommendations for merch companies - or run their own businesses? (We'd love to support you! If this applies to you please message us.)

3) different topic but are people still interested in receiving the 'What's up, Flock?!' E-news? If so, how often would be good? We've had it on pause for a while for personal reasons but if enough people want it, well get it going again.

Thanks all!

01/02/2025

Love how much these rascals love their vegies. This is shredded stuff and we'll soon give them some whole pieces to rip into and destroy.

Hot days atm though so not making them do too much work, and they like to bathe a bit in the smaller chopped leaves.

What's the weather like where you are? Could use some cooler visuals 🥵😅 we didn't have a day over 40 celcius over 2023/24 summer (don't think we even reached that). This year is more than making up for it.

video description: camera is focused on a hanging ceramic food bowl filled with chopped kale, beetroot, carrot, and brocolli, with weiros and budgies around the edge digging in and fighting a bit to get pieces. In the background are other birds flying around and landing on branches.

31/01/2025

Two minutes in Squawkerville

It's a hot week for us but these guys are troopers.

How's everyone else going?

video description: watching a large section of aviary with wide open ground and unsheltered branches with some foliage. Lots of budgies and weiros are chilling on the branches with many also just chilling. Oakley videobombs for a moment but then moves away. A couple of Japanese quail are foraging on the ground, along with a couple of weiros. The sky is blue and partly cloudy.

30/01/2025

How do you think they pick a single leaf? And not the easiest one to reach 😅 obviously an important task.

video description: a weiro is climbing through some foliage close to the ground, in slightly windy conditions, before stretching to pull a leaf loose. They succeed after a few moments before flying off.