Film Rikki at night…

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Finally I can read the micro SD card, which is in the baby monitor, so I can edit the movies on my computer and put it on my blog.

Here is a clear movie of Rikki in the dark, in the evening and night in his sleeping cage upstairs. I thought he always went to sleep nice and quietly, but nothing is less true. Tommy is also often in action.
In the sleeping cage I have nothing more than a rope, perch and on the ground a  washcloth. For Tommy, I had a towel, but he completely destroy it, and I am afraid that he swallow pieces, so I take it out. But as you can see, there is a towel at the left corner: he chews on it.  Maybe I should put a newspaper at the bottom of his cage…

 

(left Tommy – GAG, right Rikki – Caique)

The birds don’t poop in sleeping cage. They don’t do this in nature (in case they are discovered by predators).
Therefore I have no bedding.
But now I see them moving all the time, even in the dark, it is perhaps wise to hang some stuff in the sleeping cage also, so they can have another place to sleep i fthey want to.

Enjoy eating!

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Life is sometimes so simple with some tasty snacks for birds, for example. If I bring the birds from their sleeping cage (upstairs) downstairs to the livingroom, food and water already present. What I hear is a typical satisfied caique ‘happy food sound’ – always nice to hear!
I also see that the caiques and Tommy, my African Grey, immediately  explore for food. They seek in holes and corners for hidden goodies. And diving on the bowls to see what’s for breakfast.
It gives me a good feeling that they are happy!
21-2-2012
yummy bits, bee pollen, rice cooking pot, peppers, zucchini, cucumber, radish and hemp seeds.

Last night were the two little men Rikki and Kiko finally back ‘on speaking terms’. Normally they have sometimes a day or two a quarrel, but last week I thought  they did not like eachother anymore….
Last night they probably thought to bury the hatchet and they were grooming each other.

I found this nice summer picture of 2010 photo :-)
rikki en kiko

Golden yummy bits

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Today I made a treat for the birds. It is so nice to provide something else!
Ingredients: (and this time I sort of measured it!)
1/4 cup buckwheat flour
1/3 cup quinoa flakes
1/4 cup mixed raw nuts
1/2 cup mango (thawed)
5 dates
1 tablespoon blond flaxseed
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1 tablespoon sunflower seeds/ pine nuts / pumpkin seeds (mixed)
1 tablespoon shredded coconut
1 tablespoon palm kernel oil
1eetlepel fruit powder
1 eggDates, nuts and mango through the food processor and then mix everything together.
In the oven for 25 minutes at 350˚ F
Tommy
Tommy had a piece stolen during the cooling …

Baby monitor for birds

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In the evening I always hear a lot of bird noises in the bird-bedroom. I am curious about what’s going on overthere, but when I come into the room, it’s quiet and there are three pairs of eyes looking at me as if there is nothing going on …

grand-eliteSo therefore I bought a wireless Luvion Grand Elite baby monitor. I hang the camera in the bedroom of the birds   and downstairs I wach the monitor so I can see what the birds are doing. Even in the dark. :-)

For example I noticed tonight that Rikki was leeping on the floor … I thought he always slept on a perch …. It surprised me that he used a cuddly as a  pillow. He does not sleep with his head in his neck.
Because I think it is sad that he sleeps on his bare feet on the cold iron plate,  I want to put there a towel.
I placed already a small container with a washcloth in it and his cuddly. But Rikky take that cuddly out of the container and slept with it on the other side of the cage.

Kiko sleeps on a washcloth for a while. There’s a grid on the bottom, which I thought was so pathetic that he has to sleep on that…

Although I have two very nice sleeping tents hanging in the cages, the birds will not use them… Maybe I should move them down.
Now I know how the birds sleep, I can adjust some things to let them sleep as pleasant as possible.

The baby monitor also has the ability to record, but then I need a Mini SD card. Which has been ordered and then I can show some movies on this blog :-)

It is rather light in the morning!

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This morning the sun was already up when I went to my work!
Enjoyed that the spring is coming :-)

First two pictures from the last meals for the birds:
14-2-12
On Valentine’s Day: rice cooking pot, rocket, tropical pate, pecan, apple.

15-2-12
Today I make myzelf a nice lunch salad with: zucchini, carrots, peppers and cucumbers -> the birds get this also this morning :-)

Bird pellets #8

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It was quite a while back that I’ve made pellets, so today I make a new batch!
Rikki  was my help today, who is currently very possessive of the things he hold more than 2 seconds… It was quite a commotion in the kitchen of Rikki claimed almost everything I was working with… It was a lot of noise from such a small bird, but it makes not a lot of  impression:-p


Red and yellow peppers, broccoli, red cabbage, banana, chili peppers, pear, mixed nuts, radish.

Rikki loves it fresh :-)

Stir everything together
And now in the dehydrator.
Photos to follow of the pellets when finished!