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
January 18

In my language…

Parrotlets call each other by name. Read this Study.

January 17

Playtime

January 15

Buffalo Wild Wings

11, 10, 8, and 5 days old.

They don’t get feathers till 3 weeks.

January 14

No longer just eggs.

10, 9, 7, and 4 days old.

January 12

Family

Sophie, Wyatt, Ivan and Egor

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Where they belong

The pacific parrotlet is native to western Ecuador, Northern Peru, and Southern Colombia.

Watch a Video of Wild Parrotlets

January 11

The Parents

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Male Female

Parrotlets are one of the few parrots which are sexually dimorphic.

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The Genes I Own

My two Parrotlets both carry the recessive blue gene.

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Mutants

In the wild parrotlets are only green, but many color mutations have been bred in captivity.