Just like 2007, we have one baby this year.  He/she will be very spoiled :=)
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There's a baby 03/26/2011
 
When she came out of her nest box this morning to get her bean mix there was our first baby. Photo and a short video can be seen in baby pictures.
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4 eggs 03/08/2011
 
She did not come out of her nest box yesterday while I was around but when Lorne looked in this morning she had 4 eggs.  
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3 Eggs 03/05/2011
 
Back from our March break after leaving our birds in the vary capable of hands of our bird sitter.  When we left we had one egg and now we have 3.
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Egg #1 02/25/2011
 
She's early this year, we do not usually get our first egg until March.  The only other year we have had an egg in February was in 2008.  Lolita has been in an out of the nest box but remained there overnight last night, she came out this morning when I brought them their warm bean mix.  I took a peek in the nest and there was her first egg of the season.
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The nest box has been put on and Lolita has been in and out of it getting the pine shavings to her liking.  Both her and Odie are very excited and Odie has instantly become very territorial.
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Click on the links in the photo section to see some new video and photos that have been uploaded to photobuckets
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Every year I enjoy trying to guess the sex of the babies and then finding out if I am right or wrong when I get the DNA results.  This year  I thought that #1 and #3 were females and #2 a male.  I was correct.  


They have all pretty much mastered their flying, only a few crashes here and there when they over shoot their target.  #1 seems to be a typical #1, confidant, calm observer who also enjoys interacting with people and playing with her toys.  Because she is so attentive we are working on getting her to fly to us on command. #2 is a typical male, very playful hands on kind of bird, gives everything  100% but he also likes to sit there and get his scratches, #3 is a combination of the other two, playful and interactive with us but also loves her toys. Between flying and playing they all are losing interest in their afternoon hand feeding. However they all are eating pellets, veggies, birdie breads and pastas.

I have been adding photos to the photo section and will add more today of some very wet birds enjoying their showers.
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First #3 followed by #2 after watching #1 fly from the feeding bucket to the cage.  #3 and #2 flew from the boing and landed on my back, not to graceful but flying nonetheless.  We will see what happens this evening during their feeding time.
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They decided last night was the night to sleep on a perch as opposed to cuddled up in their box on the bottom of the cage.  We keep a box (covered area) at the bottom of the cage for them to hide in and sleep, they will use it periodically throughout the day but generally explore. They would however normally sleep in it at night, but not last night, they are big birdies now.  #3 does what the two older ones do, she can't be left out.  She slept on the perch with one of them on each side of her. Smart, she still gets her cuddles =)
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