What color am I?

**BirdLuver09** · 04-05-2009, 02:07 PM

I know she is Spangle. and Green lol but not sure what color green she is classified

Oh and is she Opaline as well? I can normally tell but with her being spangle it's a little harder for me.

I'm saying "she" -I'm not 100% sure yet because she's only around 4 months old, she is molting and just starting to lose her baby bars by her cere

Her name is Lacey because of the pretty lace effect the spangle causes

BUT if it ends up being a boy it'll be Lance

So what Color green is she considered? and is she Opaline?Her cheek patches are a light violet Almost silver in some lights (but i know spangles have light violet cheek patches)

Belly shot

Back shot (she was climbing up into my boyfriends sleeve of his jacket lol)

Her pretty wings

and a couple Extra's - she is my 1st ever HAND TAME BUDGIE

Lacey & My daughter

Lacey & my son

the kids are a little thrown back, they're not used to budgies sitting on our finger

just our tiels and Quakers and love birds lol

**jakeandnikko** · 04-05-2009, 02:13 PM

I want to say olive but I'm not sure. I'm checking the opaline now.

**jakeandnikko** · 04-05-2009, 02:15 PM

I would say not opaline.

Edit- Wait she maybe I fogot the spangle part. I'm still learning these too lol. I'm not sure about the opaline I'm gonna stick with no though. and I'm prett positive hse is olive.

**BirdLuver09** · 04-05-2009, 02:16 PM

I don't think olive she's not dark enough , olive is really dark green (olive has 2 dark factors)

I'm leaning towards Grey-Green but not 100% sure

**jakeandnikko** · 04-05-2009, 02:19 PM

I could see grey green. Like I said I'm still learning haha.

**HurdyBirdy** · 04-05-2009, 02:47 PM

I'd say opaline is a possiblitiy, something is washing the color out. Are the markings on the wings black -- they don't look grey in the picture or I would have thought dilute or greywing. I think that she is a he though. I think that grey green is a good guess on the color -- If not a yellowface grey.

**BirdLuver09** · 04-05-2009, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by HurdyBirdy

I'd say opaline is a possiblitiy, something is washing the color out. Are the markings on the wings black -- they don't look grey in the picture or I would have thought dilute or greywing. I think that she is a he though. I think that grey green is a good guess on the color -- If not a yellowface grey.

I couldn't remember if Opaline washed out the color or if spangle did (the only 2 spangles i have to compare are Grey and both a light color to start with so neither one of those helped lol)
but she/he does have the Classic Opaline "V" and the "old persons" bars on the back of the head (yes I made up the "old person bars" on my own to help explain Opaline) because if you ever notice the lines on the back of a Opaline's head looks like a old persons wrinkly skin LOL - I know kind of a sick and demented way but it does easily explain it lol

The Grey-Green has always confused me,

and of course the only greens I have to compare her/him to are the Normal Green (who is also opaline), and a Grey wing light green and a light Green cinnamon - so again they're no help lol

and her/his wing markings are black , it's a gloomy rainy day here so i had to use flash, which didn't help much

but the belly shot is a true color of what she/he looks like.

**BirdLuver09** · 04-05-2009, 04:04 PM

I emailed a person from another forum i used to go to , he's excellent in mutations

and my feeling was right

she/he is a Grey Green Spangle Opaline

**jakeandnikko** · 04-05-2009, 05:33 PM

Crap! that means I was wrong! dang! I thought I was getting it.

**BirdLuver09** · 04-05-2009, 06:39 PM

don't beat your self up, I was surprised I was on right on the Grey green - i think it's because she's lighter compared to the normal grey green I see, i normally get them and olive mixed up

Doesn't help much when Budgieplace.com doesn't have Grey Green as a option

**jakeandnikko** · 04-05-2009, 06:58 PM

I know, I wonder why they don't though. I like that site and its where I have been learning but I wish they would say what each gene does to the color and pattern of the bird. They do with some but I wish they would with all.

**silverfox** · 04-05-2009, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by BirdLuver09

I emailed a person from another forum i used to go to , he's excellent in mutations

and my feeling was right

she/he is a Grey Green Spangle Opaline

l agree on the mutation.

could you get a closer shot of the cere?
your budgie looks like a male to me.

**BirdLuver09** · 04-05-2009, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by silverfox

l agree on the mutation.

could you get a closer shot of the cere?
your budgie looks like a male to me.

I'll try tomorrow hopefully it won't be so gloomy and rainy and i can get pics w/out the flash, but right now all the birds are in bed

but it's the normal young translucent pink with small nostrils

**Fruit Basket** · 04-06-2009, 10:39 PM

I would say yellow and green, with a splash of gray, and a drop of white. ... cute!!

**BirdLuver09** · 04-06-2009, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by Fruit Basket

I would say yellow and green, with a splash of gray, and a drop of white. ... cute!!

lol thank you

when my b/f called to explain what she looked like he didn't do a good job or i just wasn't catching it all ( i was half asleep and he knows not to talk to me if i'm not fully awake Half the time i don't remember having the conversation lol)

but i was expecting and all yellow bird with Spangles

I got way more then I bargained for

not only is she adorably cute, BUT hand tame I've never gotten an older budgie already tame

- makes my kids happy too they're only used to holding the babies we breed not the older ones

she doesn't bite (even know i think she is a he lol) she's just too sweet