Brooklyn Bird House


When two birds become too many. This blog is about failed eggbortions, unplanned hatching, and the lives of a brooklyn parrotlet family.

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All Drawings and Illustrations © Niko Economidis 2010
February 8

A fledgling Fledgling

Baby Blue took his first flight at 32 days old.

February 4

A Bird in the Hand

31 days old

30 days old, 31, 28, and 25 days old.

30 days old

January 30

Sex Determination in Birds

In mammals the female is XX and the male is XY, this results in the male sperm determining the sex of the offspring. In birds it is the opposite. The female is WZ and the male is ZZ. All avian sperm is Z, and the female releases either a Z egg or W egg. Therefore it is the female bird that determines what sex her offspring will be.

January 29

Boy, Boy, Girl, Boy.

The youngest ones feathers finally have some color. He’s a green boy!

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Birds of a feather?

24, 23, 21, 18 days old. The 21 day old ran out of the picture

January 24

Genetic Gamble

The colors so far. One Blue, One Green.

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Parakeet Vs Parrotlet

Parakeets are actually Budgerigars from Australia.

January 21

Spikes before feathers

17, 16, 14 and 11 days old

January 18

Bathtime

Sophie enjoys a bath with her family.

Photo by Abdi of 3 Photographers

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Older Brother

14, 13, 11, and 53 days old.