G’Day Birdie Sanctuary

03/06/2026

Mitzi is feeling ✨ stylish ✨

27/05/2026

A wide shot of half of our finch aviary in the afternoon sun! Canaries, Gouldians, Zebra Finches, Mannikins... How many can you count?

26/05/2026

"Human! I don't care that it's a bit over a week until Winter. I MUST nest in your t-shirt! It's essential to the utmost degree that I chew your clothes apart to put myself in them to lay eggs!"

- Biscuit the Budgie, who currently has at least 3 different male Budgies all feeding her and trying to get her to make babies.

25/05/2026

Getting pictures of the Sparrows isn't easy these days - they're quite skittish and don't like having phones pointed at them. This is the best I was able to get - a brief moment of contemplation of when they might next eat seed on a cold, sunny afternoon.

If only we could all spend our days sitting on branches in the dappled afternoon sun.

24/05/2026

"Yes, hello? Good evening? Do you have a particular reason for disturbing me from my gigantic pile of leaves?"

23/05/2026

It's tiring work chewing leaves and pooping everywhere! And that's not even mentioning the rest of their hard work:
- Screaming
- Zooming
- Eating
- Sleeping
- More screaming

22/05/2026

Using the latest and greatest technology, we've finally figured out how to read the thoughts of doves! Behind those blank, beady eyes, we were expecting to find some fascinating thoughts. Musing of the cosmos? Internal monologues of complex philosophies?

Here is a list of every single thought we were able to extract from their mind:

21/05/2026

What’s inside the drawers? 👀

10/05/2026

It takes a special kind of human to care for modern-day dinosaurs… Happy Mother’s Day to those whose little ones have feathers and wings 🐥🦆🐦‍⬛🕊️🦜

06/05/2026

Tiny birds are the best birds 🧡

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