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
“Controversy is not seldom excited in consequence of the disputants attaching each a different meaning to the same word.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1)... Read More
The first part of this short series looked at the rise of rowings (1) in the Lizard canary from a historical perspective. In the second part, I am going to take up the story from 1987 and look at the progress that rowings have made over the last 30 years. ... Read More
Rowing, also known as breastwork, borst tekening, and dessin de la poitrine et flancs (1) has been the rising star in the Lizard’s firmament for as long as I can remember. Anyone who has studied the Lizard’s ancient history will know that the popularity of rowings has been growing steadily for much longer than that.... Read More
Ernest Gracia tells me that there was an experiment some years ago to allow up to 10% dark feathers in the classes for clear birds in Section E (type/posture canaries). It proved so contentious that the experiment was quickly abandoned. Will the Lizard’s cap suffer the same fate?... Read More