First Anniversary
Is today, so three cheers!... Read More
Lizard canary
The fertile hybrid theory: the Serin
If you could go back 300 years to the France of Louis XIV, the Sun King, you would discover that the canary (Serinus canaria) was not called le Canari but le Serin de Canarie (the Serin of the Canaries). This is the name that Hervieux used to differentiate it from the ordinary Serin (Serinus serinus). […]... Read More
Miss O. Branch
There is a strand of schoolboy humour based on people with funny names. Most are smutty, some obscene, but the likes of Annette Curtin, Warren Peace, Justin Case and Orson Carte, still make me chuckle. ... Read More
Bird’s eye view: Hall of Fame
Cage & Aviary Birds launched a quest to produce its own Hall of Fame this week (1). You’ll have to obtain a copy to read the rules, but in essence the aim is to find the ‘UK’s All-time Great Birdkeepers’. ... Read More
Lizard canary basics, part 12: head and shoulders
“The spangling is clear and distinct, each individual spangle being clear of another. It extends from the back of the cap in perfectly straight lines to the wing coverts, each succeeding spangle progressively larger than the one nearer the neck.” Extract from the LCA Description of the Ideal Lizard Canary... Read More
The Scott Archive: the Norwich Alliance show 1955
“Having paid my entrance fee I found myself in a very large and well lighted show hall and the sight that met my eyes was one to make my heart miss a beat – rows upon rows of the famous blue and black Lizard show cages! My immediate thought was that surely this must be […]... Read More
Bird’s eye view: maestros and monstrosities
There were two articles in this week’s Cage & Aviary Birds that caught my eye (1). The first, by Terry Kelly, was entitled Learning from the maestros. It was probably as succinct an article on developing a quality stud of canaries as I’ve come across.... Read More