Budgies by blacklight!

[leelastarsky]

Did you know that budgies see into the UV spectrum? And that to other budgies, certain parts GLOW. Well, as soon as I heard this, I had to get a UV/blacklight so I could see my budgies the way they see each other...



Hubby brought home a blacklight and my budgies showed their true colours!!

Pippin's face lit up like a neon light! And look at his 'blue' cheek patches!

Luna sort of glowed softly all over, specially her head and cheeks, like Pippin.

But poor little Pigwidgeon really didn't glow at all. Apparently blue budgies don't glow like the green ones do.

Spike is busily growing new feathers at the moment and his face is steadily going yellow (it's a BOY! XD), and look at the yellow feathers on his face glow! It looks all funny and patchy at the moment, but oh so cute.

(and, as an aside, I have to mention - Spike walked along the kitchen bench tonight to my hand and stepped onto it by his own choice! This is the bird who hates hands!! I didn't ask him to step up at all. Just rested my hand on the bench to see what he'd do, and he looked at me carefully and I could see him make up his mind, and then he walked down the bench to me and stepped onto my hand! So exciting!! Darling birdie!!)
And another of Pippin cos he's SO pretty!!


And here's a youtube vid I made the other night. Please excuse the dialogue in the background - the family were watching "The Mist" (and are still wibbling about it!)

Comments

[moonshape.livejournal.com]

that's so pretty!

[acusa-dora.livejournal.com]

That is so cool! I love the pictures-especially the detail of the feathers.

[girlspell.livejournal.com]

Budgies...I'm guessing their parakeets? We call them that in the states. I prefer the name budgie though.

Terrific pictures.

[chanel19.livejournal.com]

That's really interesting. I'd never heard that about birds and black lights.

[gmth.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful set of pictures! :-)

[suehypno.livejournal.com]

That is freakin' awesome!! You know, I'd heard about that before but never really thought much more about it. Thanks for the visual confirmation.

[vegablack62.livejournal.com]

I love Budgies. My daughter had a blue male for years, how sad that he was unattractive to females of his own kind. I loved the way Pippin's face patches glowed.

[naadi.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's awesome! I knew about this, but had never tested it to actually see it. They are so pretty. ^.^

[rickey-a.livejournal.com]

whoa cool!
(I can imagine what it might be like after a few beers;)

[clare-dragonfly.livejournal.com]

Whoa, that is SO cool! I wonder if other birds do that?

[hathorx.livejournal.com]

Oh my, that's so pretty!! I've always wanted to have budgies, they're adorable :)

[neoclover.livejournal.com]

WOW that is SO cool...amazing what one learns on the interwebs....

[magic-helmet.livejournal.com]

I have a moluccan cockatoo, I wonder if she would glow under black light too!

[doortoriver.livejournal.com]

That is lovely!

[kathleen44.livejournal.com]

Wow, I've never know that, interesting!

[featherofeeling.livejournal.com]

What a cool concept! And it's so pretty!

[luckycyberbunny.livejournal.com]

THAT IS SO COOL!!! OMG!

awww "Apparently blue budgies don't glow like the green ones do." darn... :/

and just because...This is Pearl... (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a211/luckycyberbunny/pearl-1.jpg)