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Edged dilute adult plumage (Update: Mottle)

Khizz

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So Nubes flights are changing colour.
It's really noticeable now. I came back here to look and you can see one flight feather in the pics from February where the colour had changed. Now there are more...
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Sorry the pic is dark, the sun was coming in from the other side. This has happened slowly over the winter while he was over 2 years old.
I'll try get a better pic later.

Side by side,
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So beautiful! :loveshower:
 

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He looks like a beautiful cloud!
 

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Did Nube ever have chicks? I want one.
 

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So gorgeous he’s so unique :heart:
 

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Did Nube ever have chicks?
No, and he never will. His mate is his sister. They bonded right out of the nest so I let them stay together.

I should get some more pics for this thread. After my nephews have been and gone, I´ll take the time to update. It is very difficult to photograph Nube, the camera just never focuses on him.
 

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Ok, an update is well overdue!

Since the last photos, Nube turned even more white.

Then in early spring this year during his moult he turned yellow. He grew in yellow feathers all down his back and wings.
It doesn't show up in photos, but he was very yellow,
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I don't know why that happened. He had been losing colour every moult up until that point.

During our heatwaves this summer, he has moulted again, and here he is tonight;

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edited to add another pic I just found of the yellow.
 
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Ok, an update is well overdue!

Since the last photos, Nube turned even more white.

Then in early spring this year during his moult he turned yellow. He grew in yellow feathers all down his back and wings.
It doesn't show up in photos, but he was very yellow,
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I don't know why that happened. He had been losing colour every moult up until that point.

During our heatwaves this summer, he has moulted again, and here he is tonight;

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So gorgeous ever seen one his colour
 

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So strange to see him change like that! Very very pretty. Plus it must be exciting when he molts, waiting what colour feathers he will grow in.
 

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Whoa! What a change!
 
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