Pictures of my 8 babies

[...of J.Temperance]

Well, being TOTALLY untechnical, I've no idea as to how to go about posting actual photographs. So, I've had to choose these three pictures from somewhere else:

I have 4 of these. They're Owl Finches (Poephilia bichenovii, their Scientific name). They're tiny little things in person:



And I have 4 of these. They're Strawberry Finches (Amandava amandava, their Scientific name). They're VERY tiny little things in person:



Here's a close-up of the Strawberry Finches, because on the other picture, one is turned around:



I'm hoping they're going to do some breeding.

[jpgray]

1. Cool birds!

And welcome to DU. DU can always use another Fall fan. :D

:hi: :toast:

[...of J.Temperance]

3. Yeah

They're all little darlin's

I love The Fall, you can't go wrong with a bit of Mark E.

:hi: :toast:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. wow..they do look like little strawberries!

[...of J.Temperance]

4. They

Do, and they're such sweet, pretty birds to watch and have around the place.

[XanaDUer]

5. I love finches!

These guys are beauties!

:hi:

[...of J.Temperance]

6. Aw

Me too. Have you ever kept any Finches? If not, then I'd recommend them, they're hardly any trouble to care for. I started out keeping Zebra Finches, and then I thought I'd have a go at keeping some of the more exotic Finches.

Owl Finches were first bred Australia/New Zealand way. Strawberry Finches were first bred in Asia.

They definately are beauties! :)

[XanaDUer]

9. Yes, I used to have two pretty brown finches

that made the cutest little tweeping sounds.

Now we have a cat, though, so...

:hi:

[...of J.Temperance]

10. Aw heck

How cute.

:hi:

[LeftishBrit]

7. They're beautiful!

And they do look a bit like (tiny) owls and strawberries respectively.

[...of J.Temperance]

11. They

Are and they do.

[lockdown]

8. dupe

:D ;)

(lovely pictures though)

[...of J.Temperance]

12. Oh

You shut up ;)

[lockdown]

13. :speechless:

:yoiks:

[...of J.Temperance]

15. Hey you

Are you speechless sugar?

:P

[Kipling]

14. Very, very cute.

[...of J.Temperance]

16. Tiny

Miracles.

[sweetheart]

17. cool breeding can pay well as a hobby.

And you don't even have to report the profits to HM treasury as long
as its less than 7K and a "hobby", not a business line.