oh dear we are in the "other" catagory again.

[Kimba]

poor vasa people......

Anyway, since poor little eve has no designated section, I thought we would share some pics and such here, sort of a separate Eve intro......I'll show some pics of the changes that vasa's go through. They are very different birds than most and are often misunderstood in terms of behavior. The normal rules do not apply to vasa's. For one thing.....they will hunt small prey, dive like a hawk, fly backwards, and hover. I know of one guy who's vasa out flies his cooper hawk!

In a nut shell they are like a cross between raptors and parrots....but really dopey in personality. I say they are as playful as a caique, intelligent as a grey, and as snuggly as a Too.

look at the beak and cere color differences, white beak for breeding season black for not breeding season. Cere does the same but is always opposite the beak. One pic is of the yellow skin color change underneath his beak. One pic, eve holding his own feather, shows the brown feather color change that happens without moulting.

Enjoy!

OH and the last one is a bit pornographic.....it shows the start of his hemi junk....

 

[Birdlover]

Hey I will so hook you up with a Vasa section if you will fill it up!!

Eve is AMAZING!!!! I absolutely love the flight shot

 

[Billie Faye]

Love the pictures!
Need LOTS more information by you and others on these GREAT birds!

 

[saroj12]

Fascinating info!!!
So did your rbp babies hover too? Rudy does!!!

 

[GG.]

Eve is gorgeous - beautiful pics of her - have any more? I could look at her all day

 

[Kimba]

Yup! they did! I loved raising them, they were one of my favorites! I used to give them huts to hide in when they were weaning. When thye got frightened, they would run into their huts! so cute. But it cut drastically cut down on their noted nippiness. As long as my guys had huts......not bites.

 

[itzmered]

Awesome pics Kimba! I am so glad you joined us so we can all learn about these marvelous birds

 

[Kristy]

Wonderful photos and great insight on the Vasa Parrot!

I caa only imagine flight must be incredible to watch.

How much do they weight typically?

 

[Kimba]

ok here are some more......last one (i think) is an other hemi-junk shot. Just trying to show what the other pic of it turns into....not for the faint of heart.

 

[Kimba]

yikes that last one showed up big! lol

vasa's weight between 450-500grams females are bigger than males an average closer to the 500 range. Boy's more like 450. But weights change greatly depending on the time of the year. In breeding mode....closer to 500 for the boys, less when moulting. Which means their dietary needs also change throughout the year.

 

[Alex]

Wow, beautiful! Ive always thought so, just never had a chance to meet one.

 

[M.C Bird Rescue]

I just love Vasa. I have never seen one in person but they are gorgeous and I love the beak size compared to the bird. They are just beautiful.

 

[Babybreau]

Awww Eve loves his strawberry!! And the colored tissue paper! My birds go nuts for paper of any kinds... I should throw in some colored tissue paper and see what they do...lmao

 

[birdlvr466]

Very cool! What a gorgeous bird.

 

[GG.]

that last set of shots is magnificent

love the one with her head in the bowl and wings fanned - breathtaking!

 

[Welshanne]

What beautiful shots of a beautiful bird I know absolutely nothing about. Thank you so much for showing us them. Hope we are going to be able to see lots more in the future.

 

[rockoko]

oh gorgeous bird!!! Love the pictures

 

[birdlady]

Omg how gorgeous!!!!!

 

[Tamara]

WOW!! I've never seen one of those! Too cool! Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Kimba]

that last set of shots is magnificent

love the one with her head in the bowl and wings fanned - breathtaking!

I call that her Black Palm Cockatoo impression.