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  Tico and the Two Toos







Two 6 week old sibling umbrella cockatoo babies nestling up to a 6 week old greenwing macaw







These same 3 babies from the previous image are now beautifully feathered young birds
  More Baby Pictures








Rub a dub dub... Five babies in a tub!





Four week old umbrella cockatoo baby is wrapped and cuddled in a towel after feeding till it falls asleep





Baby blue and golds and umbrella babies getting a bath and a drink from the spray bottle from Rita in the outdoor flight cage. 










Four week old umbrella cockatoo flapping it's little bare wings while being cuddled by Mark





Greenwing baby spreading his wings out over his step-siblings. 






Three young greenwing macaws and an umbrella cockatoo in a purple tub awaiting their feeding. The umbrella baby has just learned how to perch on the tub rim for the first time








Mark doing playtime with the babies. 
  Chico and CeCe




Chico, our companion greenwing macaw, as a youngster and his little friend, CeCe, an umbrella cockatoo. They grew up with each other and became the best of friends. They are seen here and in the following images at 6 months of age





CeCe nuzzling under Chico's protective wing enjoying Chico's gentle preening






CeCe returning the favor to Chico and grooming the top of his head








"Oh, do it over here!"












Chico in bliss
  Greenwing Macaw Babies and How They Develop







Three sibling baby greenwings at 24, 26, and 28 days of age






These same 3 siblings at 42, 44 and 46 days of age






These same 3 clutchmates at 64, 66 and 68 days of age

 

Sibling greenwings playing on their backs, chewing simultaneously on their toes.
This is a common way that young greenwings like to play






These babies see something very interesting.




Mark socializing and playing with these fledged babies. 








Miss Joey, our companion blue and gold, posing in plum tree blossoms. 
  Assisted Hatching of an Umbrella Cockatoo


This is how the baby fits in the egg. The dark areas on the upper left are the undeveloped eyes of the baby. The beak is seen between the two dark areas. Under the beak is one wing folded under the beak. The leg goes forward towards the upper part of the egg. The red lines seen are veins that are still actively working.


Here you see the baby almost fully hatched out but still attached by the umbilical cord to the egg membrane inside the eggshell. This cord must be broken for the baby to fully hatch.

Here the baby has just kicked itself out of the egg and the last part of the umbilical cord is breaking off.

This umbrella cockatoo baby has been fully hatched out for 5 minutes and has yellow down on its body. You can see the egg tooth on the upper part of the beak,  which helps the baby hatch out of the shell.


This baby is finally resting after the long process of hatching out. It is one hour old here.
   
 
 
 
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