This is Picasso. Picasso is a new addition to our family. Picasso hatched the 31st of July. This was a happy occurance because we have been trying to get a pearl sinse we swapped Ziggy, a beautiful pearl for a lutino hatchling. We wanted the lutino hatchling because we had had no luck producing one of our own from our birds. When we got our new lutino (Falkor) home we discovered we had a lutino baby lutino that had just hatched at our house. So we lost Ziggy when we didn't have to. We knew we could get another pearl.(no problem) Guess what it has taken us since 1 January 1997. So Picasso is more than a welcome sight, as well as Ziggy, Picasso's sibling.

Picasso in all his glory. He is a pearl pied. His back is all white, so it appears as if he is wearing a tailed tuxedo. He had a problem earlier. He thought he was a sailor. He had some difficulty with keeping his balance. The Doc gave us some medicine for him. Now he is doing fine. Spoiled just like the rest of the birds. But he is cute though isn't he?

I didn't want to say it. But I can't help myself. Aren't they cute ?

This is Picasso and Ziggy at 31 and 30 days old.

I think these two are very photogenic.

This is Picasso and Ziggy at 30 and 31 days old. They are so cute aren't they?