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I thought I would show you guys the size of a Black Swan's eggs.
The Black Swan pair at the sanctuary have built a nest and laid a clutch. It is currently breeding season for them here in Australia. Of course we can't let the eggs hatch because otherwise we would have too many Black Swans and not enough places to house them. We don't want to separate the two to prevent breeding because Swans mate for life and that would be cruel.
So here we have collected her eggs and hollowed them out. We then proceeded to fill the eggs with Plaster of Paris. We have to constantly weigh the eggs while doing so to make sure that we maintain the correct weight for a Black Swan egg.
She has happily accepted her "fake" eggs back.
Next I have a photo of a Satin Bowerbird Bower! I am very, very proud of this little dude. He was orphaned as a baby and I helped with his handraising. He was put back in the aviary once weaned and has already built a very impressive Bower! Look at his craftmanship! And all the blue objects he collected.
It's very cute because he doesn't even have his adult plumage yet.
Thought I would share because I'm so proud of my baby.
The Black Swan pair at the sanctuary have built a nest and laid a clutch. It is currently breeding season for them here in Australia. Of course we can't let the eggs hatch because otherwise we would have too many Black Swans and not enough places to house them. We don't want to separate the two to prevent breeding because Swans mate for life and that would be cruel.
So here we have collected her eggs and hollowed them out. We then proceeded to fill the eggs with Plaster of Paris. We have to constantly weigh the eggs while doing so to make sure that we maintain the correct weight for a Black Swan egg.
She has happily accepted her "fake" eggs back.
Next I have a photo of a Satin Bowerbird Bower! I am very, very proud of this little dude. He was orphaned as a baby and I helped with his handraising. He was put back in the aviary once weaned and has already built a very impressive Bower! Look at his craftmanship! And all the blue objects he collected.
It's very cute because he doesn't even have his adult plumage yet.
Thought I would share because I'm so proud of my baby.