I visited Avilon Zoo in the last week of  September 2008 having read about it’s collection from the DENR list of birds I discovered while researching my Where are all the finches post. I accompanied a visiting Belgian aviculturist whose main interest is pigeons (native and other species types).   While there we met the Curator of birds, Mr Jiame [...]

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I was very privileged to visit Northern Australia during this past July. This beautiful and vast region, particularly the Kimberley of Western Australia is home to 11 species of finch commonly held in aviaries in Australia and overseas.  Here in the Philippines the most commonly held finches: zebras, Gouldians, owls, shaft-tailed, mask and stars all [...]

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