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Pin-tailed Parrot
Finches - Nests & Material
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Nests
15cm by 15cm by 15cm, external dimensions half-fronted wooden boxes
A semi-translucent,
half-fronted plastic box of 13cm x 13cm x 16 cm (5" by 5" by
6.5") has been used ('4') |
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Material
coconut fibre is all that is needed
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ome straw can
be added but it's not necessary
Fashion
the fibre into some sort of nest in each box |
Siting |
Siting
with a colony, get them started and any container or nook or cranny
will be pressed into service |
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Height
Sites range from highest available, 2 metres ('1'
& '2'),
to lowest 90cms ('7' &
'8') |
Boxes have
always been sited with the entrance facing inside
away from my gaze
However, all free-built nests have had their entrance facing outwards! |
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Nest building
was even attempted in a bird bath which had fallen to the floor during
one particularly intense breeding frenzy. Once a nest was built
in the lower portions of a small pot plant
('5') |
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Shelves
Nests have been built between shelves formed by the bottom of the
upper cage and the top of the one below
Entrance height of 6cms, internal height 7 cms but reduced by
conifer branches laid on floor of the ledge ('3'
& '6') |
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Inspection
never look at a nest if construction is in progress or egg laying may
have commenced.
Nest and/ or eggs will be abandoned |
Nest box tops |
Nest
box tops
make nest box top removable if fostering is intended |
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Extracting
eggs or chicks with a spoon without a removable nest box top is extremely
difficult |
Pin-tailed
Parrot Finches make a small, tunnel-like nest entrance |
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The floors
of the cages in the 'factory' are also removable
for access to self-built
nests in the ledge below |
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See
sequential development of Pin-tailed chicks at Chicks
Photographs
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