It seems that in spite of my dislike of interspecific fostering that my birds have been doing it without without consulting me! Last year I purchased a pair of star finches which produced four consecutive clutches; they faithfully incubated and then let the babies starve to death within 1-2 days of hatching. I suspect that they [...]

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In my previous post I said that I didn’t have an aesthetic appreciation of bird-song but it’s not that I don’t appreciate what song does for our birds it’s just that I prefer the quieter ones. In this post I’ve pulled some recent news releases together which highlight some of the more interesting aspects of [...]

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 Who amongst bird keepers hasn’t at some time seen a bird and been overcome by the desire to own it? Since I only have a very narrow range of avian interest (finches) I don’t get tempted too often by what’s on sale at Cartimar but in early September I noticed a pair of Linnets for sale and although [...]

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