head shots of Salsa with a better camera (i.e., not taken with my phone this time)

[plax]

Some clearer pictures of Salsa's head and beak...

 

[JerseyWendy]

Drool is quickly forming in my mouth...slowly dripping out of one corner....:32:

Those are some stunning head shot, Plax!!!

Salsa is SO smooth, his colors are incredibly brilliant!

....JUST WOW!!!!

 

[WharfRat]

why is his beak so uneven????

still great shots

 

[plax]

why is his beak so uneven????

What's uneven about it? It looks perfectly symmetrical to me. You must be seeing things ... or are you talking about the snipped tip appearing uneven?

 

[willist]

Great head shots of Salsa. As far as your thumb is concerned it doesn't look bad considering the fact that Salsa is Greenwing. LOL.

 

[MollyGreenCheeks]

Salsa is so beautiful! Great pics!

 

[plax]

Thanks everyone . I guess it's only WharfRat who thinks Salsa's beak is strange looking. Oh well...I still can't see what he's talking about. Maybe the slightly greater dip along the right edge line of his lower beak than that on his left side... <<shruggg>>:54:

 

[willist]

Plax, after looking at Salsa pix again Auggie once broke one side of his upper beak and it looked just like Salsa' beak looks in the photos. Eventually it returned to normal, in other words a smoothe

r look if that makes sense

 

[tab_xo]

I LOVE HIS COLOUR! i dont know how to describe it, the red is just wow
Wonderful pictures plax, you should take good ones more often

 

[WharfRat]

Tab, their color is indescribable, especially in the sunlight, it is amazing.

Willist, Rea's beak is like that now too but I know it will go away, I'll try to get some close ups of them tomorrow.

 

[plax]

Plax, after looking at Salsa pix again Auggie once broke one side of his upper beak and it looked just like Salsa' beak looks in the photos. Eventually it returned to normal, in other words a smoother look if that makes sense

Actually, I'm not sure what you're referring to, willist. Are you talking about the dip along the right edge of Salsa's lower beak? If so, the photo you posted of Auggie shows the same type of dip on the right edge of his lower beak as well. Maybe you're saying that Auggie broke his lower beak and that's why he has the same sort of dip in the photo you just posted, I'm not sure. If that's not what you meant, I guess I'm not quite following you.

I actually see nothing wrong with Salsa's beak. In fact, I've always considered Salsa's beak to be one of the nicer GW beaks I've encountered, both condition-wise and shape-wise. That dip is merely a wear notch that often occurs on the beaks of Macaws from gnawing on objects when they favor one side more than the other.

So I guess my question is this: Are the 'wear notches' that are evident in the photos of both Salsa and Auggie the quasi-anomalies that you and WharfRat are speaking about? If not, you've got me totally baffled

 

[antoinette]

Wow Wow Wow

Salsa is sure a beautiful bird, with the most awesome colouring

I would not like to come into contact with beak !!!!!!!!!
I love kissing birds, BUT would give Salsa a miss hehe

Thanks for sharing those most incredible pic's with us

 

[plax]

I LOVE HIS COLOUR! i dont know how to describe it, the red is just wow
Wonderful pictures plax, you should take good ones more often

Thanks Tab

 

[WharfRat]

I believe Willist was referring to the "flaking" on his bird's beak, Rea is going thru the same thing right now. I was actually just giving you a hard time, Salsa's beak looks fine. Mine are still so young they really have a long way to go.

 

[plax]

I believe Willist was referring to the "flaking" on his bird's beak, Rea is going thru the same thing right now. I was actually just giving you a hard time, Salsa's beak looks fine. Mine are still so young they really have a long way to go.

Hmm, well it makes even less sense then. I say that because willist wrote: "Plax, after looking at Salsa pix again Auggie once broke one side of his upper beak and it looked just like Salsa' beak looks in the photos." So willist says the problem on Auggie looked just like Salsa's "upper beak" ...but Salsa's upper beak has no flaking at all on it. So I'm still unsure what willist is getting at .

 

[WharfRat]

He probably just mis-stated what he meant, Salsa's beak IS smooth compared to ReaRea and his bird in his pic. Also Salsa is much older than ours as well, it would make a big difference in their beaks.

 

[WharfRat]

I think this is what he's talking about, see the separate layers?

 

[MikeyTN]

Both Java and Gracie's beaks were damaged when I picked them up but they grew out over time and looks great now.

 

[plax]

He probably just mis-stated what he meant,

Yeah, that's why I'm still clueless as to what he did mean. Oh well.

Salsa's beak IS smooth compared to ReaRea and his bird in his pic. Also Salsa is much older than ours as well, it would make a big difference in their beaks.

Well, Salsa is only 4. That's still a pretty young Macaw. And the smoothness thing is kind of my point. Salsa's beak is noticeably 'smoother' than many GWs. So that very fact makes it even more difficult for me to understand what willist might be interpreting as damage from a broken beak on Salsa. And BTW, the layer flaking on the bottom of his lower beak is just normal for Macaws. That's the fastest growing beak portion so the outer layer continually flakes away there.

 

[plax]

I think this is what he's talking about, see the separate layers?

That's not damage. That's very mild beak growth flaking. It's much less than many of them have in fact.