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Comment by Patricia on Monday

Beautiful shade of blue isn't it? A favorite of mine!

Comment by booklover on Monday

Indigo Bunting.  I just love this color found in nature!

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on May 8, 2013 at 11:44pm

Comment by Steph S. on May 7, 2013 at 9:43pm

That would make a good discussion topic Dominic.

Parakeet versus Budgie. I actually hear them referred to as Parakeet here. I do also see the term Budgie.

Here's a good link on the topic.

http://www.talkbudgies.com/showthread.php?t=2618

Comment by Dominic Florio on May 7, 2013 at 6:43pm

Actually budgerigar or budgie is correct.  In the US, we do call them parakeets, but parakeets belong to a whole family of hook bill birds. The larger English Budgie, is the same bird but bred to be a half size bigger.  We do call those budgies.  It is a little confusing, but we should really call them budgies.

Comment by Idaho Spud on May 7, 2013 at 4:47pm

I suspect they're called budgies in most of the UK and UK affiliated countries.

Comment by Patricia on May 7, 2013 at 4:42pm

Very common pet here in Canada as well.......also called 'budgies'. We had some ourselves many years ago.

Comment by Idaho Spud on May 7, 2013 at 4:22pm

By the way, when I looked for budgie on Wiki, I found-out they are budgerigars.

Comment by Idaho Spud on May 7, 2013 at 4:20pm

Dominic, when I first saw your picture of a half-sider budgie, I thought "budgie", then wondered why I thought that instead of parakeet, which is what they are usually called in the US.

I seem to remember first being aware of budgies while spending 2 years in Scotland.  I saw them everywhere.  I don't see them much in the US.  If I remember right, the Scottish call them budgies, while people in the US call them parakeets.

Comment by Steph S. on May 7, 2013 at 9:52am

Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher

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