Mabel
By Pamazon
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18 Aug, 2009
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Couldn't resist sending this one I took earlier today. Mabel and her Hawthorn berries. I picked them from along the canal when I took Todd for this walk this afternoon. All the birds love them and there is nothing left when they have finished. Very good vitamins in the berries too.
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Brill photo.
18 Aug, 2009
Well, I hang 3 or 4 branches on the wire in my little bird room and all the birds including the Budgies have a go at it, so I can't think that it can hurt them. All my birds including the Cockatoos, Parrots, Cockatiels, Rosa Bourkes, Kakariki, Pacific Parrotlet,Budgies Senegals, Conures etc., enjoy eating and tearing the branches to bits.
18 Aug, 2009
Thanks Carol, she does love her berries! There are Elderberry bushes over there too and I can give them the berries of that too. They haven't ripened as yet. They can also have Rowan berries.
18 Aug, 2009
What a great tip Pamazon.We have a hawthorn but never tried our African Grey Mary with them before.Noticed if give her a small bunch of grapes she often eats the woody stems first ! Lol Made her perches from apple branches too as she loves to strip them of the bark !!
19 Aug, 2009
They do BB. They love to strip every leaf and chew up the branches, plus the added vitamins the berries give. As long as they are washed first to make sure there are no bird droppings or anything on them. There is virtually nothing left when mine have finished LOL. It's really good therapy for them too, to have a good old chew and strip!
20 Aug, 2009
Hello Mabel, pleased to see you enjoying your Hawthorn berries, same colour as your lovely back feathers, Enjoy!
20 Aug, 2009
Gave Mary bunches of Elderberries last year and she loved them.Will do the same this year when they ripen.Will definitely try the hawthorn too...thanks again for the tip Pamazon !
20 Aug, 2009
Thanks PP and BB, it is nice to give them something to pass the time with isn't it? They love destroying all the branches :o)
20 Aug, 2009
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lovely photo Pam, would budgies eat these
18 Aug, 2009