Vincent Coquet, the French connoisseur
“He’s a genuinely nice person, a caring friend, loyal, hospitable, generous, bird-wise his awards speak for themselves”. A tribute to Vincent Coquet by Joe Coakley... Read More
Shows
Lizards at the National Exhibition during the 1950s
No other show has played such an important part in the affairs of the Lizard Canary Association as the National Exhibition (1). Sponsored by Cage Birds magazine (as it was then known), it was the ‘National’ that gave the nascent LCA the opportunity to demonstrate to the world its determination to save the oldest breed […]... Read More
World Show 2020: the London Fancy
I promised a progress report on the London Fancy. I will keep it brief.... Read More
World Show 2020: Lizard canaries
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
LCA Classic 2019, part 2: a judging tutorial
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
The Greatest Show on Earth?
Regular readers of this blog may remember my effusive account of the Club Amigos del Canario Lizard show which I published one year ago. That event attracted over 300 Lizard canaries plus the Ocelados (1). It was a memorable event. Could this year’s show improve on that remarkable gathering? Yes! I Show Nacional del Canario Lizard, […]... Read More
LCA Classic 2019
The LCA Classic returned after last year’s hiatus. There is a new team in charge and the reports I’ve received were favourable: “a friendly atmosphere”, “just like the good old days” etc. That is exactly the type of Classic that the team is trying to rebuild. ... Read More