Only beauty there.

Only beauty I see, and I am amazed how u have raised two little birds, my father used to do that too because sometimes the parents dont want to do it dont know why.... lots of work we can see watching how davinci has grown, thanks for sharing, is ok if u delete this....Irma

Like both of you, I only see the beauty of life in this darling little chick. I love sharing Davinci's growing up, because he is such a treasure. Hard to keep something so precious to oneself!

I wonder if parrots evolved into hatching with very little down because they are tropical.

pure beauty

Beauty.

Re: agony of deFeet - Rather than being tropical or not, a chicks nakedness when hatched is tied into two important aspects of the bird's environment: food availability and predation pressure.

All altricial birds (all parrots, regardless of origin are altricial) are born blind and helpless and naked but with a high metabolic rate and grow rapidly. Precocial birds (like chickens for example) are hatched feathered and can walk and feed on their own but have a lower metabolic rate and grow relatively slowly.

While the altricial young are in the nest, the entire brood is extremely vulnerable to predation and is dependent on concealment of the nest and parental defense for survival. In contrast, precocial young, having left the nest, have some ability to avoid predation, and there is a much smaller chance of the entire brood (as opposed to single chicks) being devoured.

I hope this helps answer your question.