After the recent ‘flamingo sprint’, it looks like this has inspired more of our Birdworld residents to train for this year’s Commonwealth Games!
Our White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus) has been working on his triple-jump in the hope of securing the gold medal this summer. Not a bad effort for such short legs!
Fun fact: The White-rumped Shama’s birdsong does not repeat phrases and features a series of flutelike notes and loud whistles, often imitating the sound of other birds!
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It's Feeding Friday!
Roxy the Green-Winged Macaw (Ara chloropterus) is a popular character in our mixed parrot aviary. Here she is tucking into her dinner for the day!
Would you believe that Roxy’s favourite food is whole walnuts in the shell?
Walnuts provide a great source of nutrition, really showing off the amazing strength and dexterity of her huge beak.
Never one to miss out on her five-a-day, Roxy also loves a variety of seasonal fruit and vegetables, including berries, melon, pawpaw, grapes, apples, peas, and plums.
As an afternoon snack, we also feed Roxy sunflower seeds; these are pre-soaked and left to sprout over 48 hours.
By sprouting the sunflower seeds, they go from being a highly addictive, fattening “bad” food, to a low fat, very nutritious source of protein and vitamins for parrots.
As you can see, feeding time is Roxy’s favourite part of the day!
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