Cage & Aviary Birds

FOLLOWING THE SHOCK resignation earlier this year of senior officials at the Yorkshire Canary Club (YCC), several younger members have stepped forward to take over significant roles at the club. As reported in C&AB in April, (see News April 20, 2022)

A WELSH CONSERVATION project has seen positive signs of curlew (Numenius arquata) nesting this season. The Rare Upland Birds Project, based in the Elenydd Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at Elan Valley, has located five more curlew nests t

A NEW STUDY has found that extreme heat causes zebra finches’ brains to be less responsive, which affects their ability to sing and reproduce. Researchers from several universities in America looked at how birds respond to climate change and specific

PAIGNTON ZOO IN Devon has sent one of its wrinkled hornbills (Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus) to Jurong Bird Park in Singapore as part of an international breeding programme. The two-year-old female hornbill was hatched at Paignton Zoo in April 2020 and

A TEAM OF researchers from the University of Oxford have used DNA sampling to learn more about the colonies of wild rock doves that inhabit islands and remote coasts in Scotland and Ireland. The pure-bred rock dove (Columba livia) is extinct in Engla

Expert advice • Opinion • Getting started • Species profiles • Key tips • Leading fanciers RECENTLY, I found myself participating in what felt like a recurring debate on the theme of how much fanciers should be charging for their surplus stock. The s

BY THE time you read this, the show season will be in full swing. I hope every Cage & Aviary Birds reader enjoys being back with your bird friends and competing against each other. If you have yet to show and are sitting at home unsure whether to do

SUNDAY, June 26: the date for my first judging engagement for this year arrived and I left home at five in the morning. I had a drive of 230 miles to Redruth in Cornwall, where the Western Counties Area Specialist and Rare Varieties show was to be he

A REGULAR theme of any exhibition zebra finch breeder’s conversation is what a struggle these birds can be at times! I often refer to their habit of seeming to come up with a totally new way to create some sort of drama each year. As I have written p

WE HAVE now entered the time of year when sweeping feathers from the birdroom floor is a regular requirement. The large majority of my canaries are heavily moulting and these include the adult birds that have now completed their breeding duties. When

I FIRST started keeping birds 40-odd years ago, as a 12-year-old boy. At that time, my dad kept and bred budgies – not to a show standard but more just for the enjoyment of keeping them. Gradually, I took an interest and asked if I could have some b