Sunday, October 11, 2015

Monthly weigh in - July, August & September 2015

So much for wanting to do these posts on a monthly basis. It appears my break from posting much online kept going throughout the Summer, but it did me some good. Now that it is getting colder out, and the fact that I took a break from all of this, I think I'm ready to start posting regularly again - maybe not daily, but possibly on a weekly basis.

In any case, the birds did get weighed even if I didn't post about it for three months. Maybe not as regularly as they should, but nothing in their behaviour really pointed to there being something problematic and they felt the same when picked up.

Looking at what their weights have been for July, August and September, that feeling was right; they have, for the most part, been very consistent. Zuri dipped a little in August, but maintained this weight in September and the dip wasn't very significant for a bird his size to begin with. Léa also appears to have put on a few grams in September, but given that they were truly only weighed once that month, it may be a one off, not that I'm opposed to her putting on a little weight. And again, the difference for a bird her size is nothing to be worried about.

Average weight (in grams) for July 2015:
Piper - 57g
Shade - 118g
Joey - 127g
Petey - 140g
Zuri - 130g
Pixel - 122g
Léa - 318g

Average weight (in grams) for August 2015:
Piper - 57g
Shade - 119g
Joey - 128g
Petey - 140g
Zuri - 126g
Pixel - 121g
Léa - 318g

Average weight (in grams) for September 2015:
Piper - 57g
Shade - 120g
Joey - 125g
Petey - 140g
Zuri - 126g
Pixel - 120g
Léa - 323g


Updated table - average weights for each bird per year:

Year Piper Shade Joey Petey Zuri Pixel Léa
2009 54 111 124 128 112 - -
2010 56 115 126 131 124 115 -
2011 59 117 127 131 130 121 303
2012 57 116 128 132 128 120 307
2013 57 116 127 136 128 120 313
2014 57 117 128 139 130 121 316
2015 56 118 127 139 127 121 319

*For 2015, data from January to September is included. 

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