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.
