Budgerigar by Danielle, Maddie and Marjorie.
| The Budgerigar is a small Australian bird. They are
usually coloured bright green and yellow and gray. They fly very fast in
flocks of many hundreds or even thousands of budgies.
Click here to see a Budgie movie. |
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Location: Budgies live dry inland parts of Australia around open plains, scrubby areas and farmlands. During the hot part of the day they shelter in trees and drink in the morning and evening from creeks and dams. During drought they drink dew that forms on leaves and plants. |
| Food:
Budgies eat small seeds fruit insects green and things. |
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Breeding
Budgies fly from drier inland areas of Australia closer to the coastal parts to make nests in hollow trees or fences. The female lays 4-6 white roundish eggs in good rainy seasons. Budgies raise sets of chicks one after another.
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| The female sits on the eggs which take about 18 days to hatch. The chicks are born without feathers and must be looked after carefully for a bout one month before they leave their nest. Both parents feed them tiny seeds into the tiny babies open beaks. |
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Click here to make the Budgie Jigsaw. Click here to make Budgie Cakes Click here to make the Budgie Mask
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