Bourkes Grasskeets
We have had so much fun raising these delightful birds!  Smaller than cocktails but larger than budgies, they are very gentle, have pleasant voices, and live about 15 years.

The Bird Tree - My sister Sharon and I built this cement tree last year. It has three nesting cavities, I can remove the doors to reach baby birds, and close the bird openings when the nesting season is over. The tree was not as realistic as I had planned, but it isn't bad for a couple of amateurs! It weighs about 400 pounds, so I don't plan on ever moving it...

Jem is the new papa bird of the arboretum. Ever eager to please, he is feeding THREE females on nests right now.

Cricket is our oldest mama. Here is poses with one of the dwarf pineapples. The birds, for some reason, will sit close to the pineapples when they are at this stage of ripeness, and carry on one-way conversations.

Hawkeye, our youngest female. She didn't breed this year, but she did lay eggs, and her and Rainbow have been sharing a nesting cavity. For some reason, they both wanted the same one, neither was willing to move, so they managed to reach an agreement.

Scout is our older male. At over 11, he can't keep up with the girls anymore, and has settled into happy "retirement".

Rainbow is about as pretty as a Bourke can get! She is also extremely gentle, and is turning out to be a very good mommy. Just a few weeks until we know if her little ones have gotten any of her coloring!