New birds

I managed to get some hen turks today at the Carlisle sale, another yellow opaline and a cinnamon opaline. Hopefully they are hens, there's always that bit of a doubt when opaline is involved.  I did a part exchange with the cinnamon cock I bred last year.  Shame, as I would have really liked to keep this bird, especially when looking at the pictures below, but I need hens, and I'm hopefull of breeding some more cinnamon cocks this year anyway.

 Cinnamon opaline (2011)

Yellow Opaline (late 2010)

Below are pictures of the cinnamon cock that I exchanged..........

I also got a piar of bengalese finches.....just something different for the aviary.  I'll get some pictures next week. 

CAM BACK ON-LINE

Despite the sudden cold spell I've decided to take a bit of chance with the bourkes.  They were showing interest in breeding so I've got them in the shed cage with light and a bit of heat.  Also the web-cam is in their box (see my web site).  I would like this pair to breed early (Rubino cock x rosa hen) because their 2nd round last year produced two birds with deformed feathers and if this is going to happen again I would like to know fairly early on in the season.

Lemurs

More animal park pictures

Keeping warm in the giraffe house

Older photos taken in the Summer....

Macaws

More pictures from the animal park

 Blue and Gold Macaws

 Scarlet Macaw

Great Green Macaw



Hyacinth Macaw was taken in Gran Caneria

Lions

Lions at South Lakes Wild Animal Park.

Which to keep?

I need to start thinking about getting another turquoisine hen. I have four cocks and only two hens. I intend to sell or swap one of the young cocks....

The red fronted cinnamon I bred last year

or the yellow cock ( that was bought as a hen)

The cinnamon has the best colour potential being full red fronted and split for yellow opaline, but the yellow is very lively and looks good in the aviary.

Winter

After we had some snow mid December it's since been a mild wet dismal Winter.

Oyster Catchers

Black Combe



Coniston Fells

North end of Walney Island