#zebra finch

waoh stop spinning you're too fasts for me, and i'm a finch.

and im a finch

Happy Pride to everyone but especially to Arthur and Bert, my interspecies gay finches who are in love and are incubating... something?... in their nest??

When my zebra finch Arthur lost his elderly husband Bruce last December (at eleven years old, which is positively ancient for a zebra finch!), I was really worried that Arthur would have a hard time finding love again. Thankfully, my local bird shop guy had a gay male shaft-tailed finch he was having a hard time pairing AND who was from an aviary that co-housed zebra finches, so that worked out perfectly! After a brief introduction period these two started courting and they are now married and very, very happy together.

zebra finch says “beep peep (i’m not fine)” 🔥

my digital and risograph versions are quite different in colour, but i really like their differences ｡

ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡

Having a dad around can be pretty important- and not just for the bad jokes and games of catch. Studies have shown that male zebra finches raised by only by their mother choose to pair with other members of their own sex far more often than males raised by both parents. This is likely due to a gap in their early education; males have to learn specific courtship songs from their fathers, so when it comes time to mate, they aren't able to woo females as well as their peers raised by both parents. So instead, they form bonds with other males-- especially those who were also raised without a father.

✨️literally anything✨️

trade offer: i have a handful of Large Art Prints. you have money. you can give me money and i will mail you a Large Art Print

i have a few of each of the designs above available on my etsy right now until december 7th (by a few i mean 5 of the herons, 2-3 each of the other designs). after december 7th my shop will be temporarily closed until next year, so get your hands on some prints before gift-giving season!

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