HOW DO BUDGIES LIVE IN THE WILD?

Budgies are intensely social birds that live in huge flocks in Australia yet we keep single birds all on their own. These small parrot-like birds are migratory and can fly hundreds of miles yet we keep them in cages where there is not space to fly. They feed in scrubby grass and roost in eucalyptus trees. They eat mainly seed, but also feed on green stuff and small insects. They also feed on the leaves, stalks, buds and unripe nuts of eucalyptus trees, eating the sap and oils. Their main feeding periods morning and late afternoon, but are more likely to have short feeds during the day and are reported to spend periods between feeds almost motionless in their roost trees. They nest in holes in trees, rather than build nests.