On the weekend my husband and I saw 3 ready-to-fledge baby
figbirds sitting beside their nest preening ... the thing which we found
unusual was that all 3 were exactly the same colour as a male figbird, even down
to the eye-patch, although theirs was more pink than red.
We were both under the impression that all baby figbirds are
the same colour as the female (as per the Readers Digest Bird Book). We
have seen numerous baby figbirds and even raised several ourselves, but have
never once seen one with the colours of the male bird when first fledged, let
alone 3 from one nest.
Can someone out there enlighten us?
Jenny B
