Lizard canary basics, part 17: Bottoms up!

Posted on 16/02/2020 by Huw Evans Leave a comment

Before you jump to conclusions, this article has nothing to do with drinking toasts (1), yet, when used in connection with the Lizard canary, it involves an action that is very similar. It means to take a bird in your hand and turn it upside-down so that the belly is uppermost. Some canary breeders do […]... Read More

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Crested curiousities Gloster corona (Brooks 1950)-FSS

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Crested curiosities

Posted on 07/02/202008/02/2020 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

What is it about the head of the canary that appeals so much to the eye? The two canary varieties that I wanted to keep as a teenager both had distinctive heads. One was the Lizard with its cap, the other was the Gloster and its crest. No one kept them locally, and I only […]... Read More

World Show 2020: the London Fancy

Posted on 02/02/202003/02/2020 by Huw Evans 10 Comments

I promised a progress report on the London Fancy. I will keep it brief.... Read More

World Show 2020: Lizard canaries

Posted on 29/01/202029/01/2020 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

This year’s World Show returned to Matosinhos (1) in Portugal. My primary purpose was to make the second presentation of the London Fancy, which I will report in a separate post, but I stayed on to visit the show on the opening Friday. As so often happens, I spent more time talking to people than […]... Read More

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Sing a song of sixpence

Posted on 29/12/2019 by Huw Evans 5 Comments

“Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. When the pie was opened the birds began to sing, Oh wasn’t that a dainty dish to set before the king?”... Read More

David Newton 2019

Posted on 02/12/2019 by Huw Evans 3 Comments

My pictorial review of David Newton’s Lizard canaries is a perennial favourite, so I make no apologies for adding photos of his 2019 crop to my blog. David has the smallest stud of any of the world’s top breeders, usually just 6 pairs. His stud may be low in number, but it is high […]... Read More

LCA Classic 2019, part 2: a judging tutorial

Posted on 24/11/2019 by Huw Evans 3 Comments

My guest contributor this week is David Allen, who judged the Lizards at the LCA Classic. Here he explains how he went about his task and describes some of the finer details he looks for in the Lizard canary.... Read More

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The London Fancy and the Lizard canary . . . for those who are very curious