Welcome, new budgies! 

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Yes, we opened Budgie Buddies exhibit in 2007! We had about 50 budgies before this new group joined the flock.

We love them, too! Our budgies' care team has a breeding plan for individuals suitable to breed together.

Our Budgie Buddies building is home to about 200 birds!

Well, to be fair, the "trip" was just a short walk from another part of the Zoo. So the birds didn't really have to worry about being too thirsty during it.

@@CheyenneMtnZoo oh... still a good tip for trips anyways, mine always use his drinker... as a toilet. Yep.

Thank you for your concern! It sounds like you might be referring to a different zoo as we don't have llamas or "Budgie Landing." However, we do have a budgie aviary that is part of our Australia Walkabout exhibit where budgies have multiple spaces inside and an outdoor space available to them when the temperature is warm enough. We pay close attention to the climate in the aviary and keep the temperature around 70 degrees just like their native habitat, the wild scrublands, open woodlands, and grasslands of Australia. The aviary has air conditioning running in the spring and summer with multiple places for the budgies to drink water. There are also multiple bird baths in the aviary. Because the summer months often result in a large volume of guests, the budgies get many opportunities to eat seed sticks and will not always be motivated to eat from seed sticks.

@@CheyenneMtnZoo Oh my gosh you're right, I was referring to the Bronx Zoo! Sorry lol Glad to hear you are making your Budgies comfortable and happy

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Thank you for your concern for our budgies! This video is not an accurate depiction of the space our budgies have available or the care they receive. It's just a snapshot of one part of their space during one brief (and interesting) moment in their lives. Our Budgie Buddies space has several rooms as well as an outdoor aviary. They also do get lots of vegetables as part of their diet - keepers report that kale is their favorite!

The boxes were only used for a very brief transport from their quarantine space in another area of the Zoo, down to their permanent home. The boxes were outfitted with perching and plenty of ventilation holes to make their short journey as comfortable as possible.

This video shows the birds being transported to their new home, in the aviary. Their time in the crates was very short, and necessary to their safety as they moved to their new indoor/outdoor aviary.

It's a cockatiel! Like budgies, they are also native to Australia.

Thanks for the feedback! We do try to include the natural sounds of the animals when possible, however, we often can't get usable natural sound because of other voices or sounds in the area. There are parts of this video where you can hear the birds, like in the beginning of the video.

Budgies are an important part of our Australia Walkabout exhibit, as they are found in the wild in scrublands, open woodlands, and grasslands of Australia. The species in our Budgie Buddies exhibit also include the Princess Parrot, who have green, red and white coloring, and cockatiel, who have yellow, gray, orange and white coloring.

@@CheyenneMtnZoo There are no coloured Budgies in the wild in Australia. You are demonstrating domesticated Morphs.

Thank you for your concern for our budgies! This video is not an accurate depiction of the space our budgies have available or the care they receive. It's just a snapshot of one part of their space during one brief (and interesting) moment in their lives. Our Budgie Buddies space has several rooms, as well as an outdoor aviary, and much of the perching is higher in the room than what this video shows. Keepers purposely chose a more open space for this release, to allow the budgies plenty of unobstructed room to fly when the transport boxes were opened. When the birds were released, they all flocked to one tree, even though there were many others available to them. Once they started acclimating to the new space, they did spread out more. They also do get lots of vegetables as part of their diet - keepers report that kale is their favorite! Thanks for caring about our budgies as much as we do!

Thank you for your concern for our budgies! This video is not an accurate depiction of the space our budgies have available or the care they receive. It's just a snapshot of one part of their space during one brief (and interesting) moment in their lives. Our Budgie Buddies space has several rooms as well as an outdoor aviary. They also do get lots of vegetables as part of their diet - keepers report that kale is their favorite!