I was visiting breeders on saturday to get my girlfriend her bird (she ended up with a lovely olive rainbow lori) and in the aviary of one of the breeders.. (I always make them let me go into the aviary to see which bird will come to me) Brinly flew right into my hands.
Now the other budgies were so much bigger, fatter heads, colourful, but this one just fell right into my hands and just looked at me.
A strange looking olive green yellow English budgie with a long body, angry eyes and the longest skirt and beard I had seen so far, strange and rather ugly compared to all the others, but He just fell right into my hands and stayed there.
So I put him right on into my cage and handed over my measly $12 to the breeder. He is the most incredible little budgie, ultra tame and my second eldest daughter loves him to death.
These pics show him a little more yellow than what he is, must be the flash or the lighting or something, he really is a dull olive green with hints of yellow and blue/black around his cheek and beard.
When he rests and fluffs up his skirt comes right down over his feet and well past the perch and his whole lower body gets all plump, his face gets a little fatter and more angry looking. I will have to try capture one of him like that soon.
Just a little worried coz its day 2 home and he hasn;t really eaten anything.
hope its just nerves and will settle down soon. He seems happy enough.
Cheers !
, glad to say her/his beak is alot more colourful now, I just don't have a good updated pic yet.