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The Best Lizard Canary Show in the World?

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Dutch pronunciation is not for the faint-hearted, yet every October you will find English and French-speaking canary breeders gamely trying to pronounce Keijenborg *, the name of an attractive small town in the east of the Netherlands.  Why? Because Keijenborg (also spelt Keyenborg) hosts one of the best Lizard canary shows in the world.  Commonly […]... Read More
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Lizard canary basics, Part 2: the difference between spangles & lacings

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How many times have you been to a show, looked at the Lizard canaries, and heard people discussing their show features?  In my experience, the spangles are mentioned every time.  Quite right too, spangling is the single most important feature of the Lizard canary.  Now ask yourself how many times you’ve heard people discuss the […]... Read More
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The Red Fronted Serin

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The red fronted serin is like a mysterious guest at a fashionable party: striking dark looks; an enigmatic past; the subject of whispers and rumours; everyone is intrigued, yet no one seems to know much about him.  He is the Jay Gatsby of the serin world. The fascination with the red fronted serin stems from […]... Read More
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What’s in a name: the Fine Spangled Sort

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W. A. Blakston, the renowned Victorian author and judge, possessed a very old book that, in his opinion, contained “a deal of sound information on Canary matters”. He quoted extracts from it a couple of times in his chapters for Canaries and Cage Birds (1778-81), the greatest book ever written on canaries. Unfortunately the book had […]... Read More