It’s that time of year when I go back to Australia and I hear that Goldwing will have some imports going the other way while I’m away. I’m not worried about the canaries or goldfinches but I am annoyed that I will miss red-faced parrot finches, cordon blu’s and Cuban finches.  If you happen to get any please look up how to breed them as they all need like food to raise young.  In Australia breeders tend to use termites, maggots, fruit flies and at a pinch meal worms.  There are even some manufactured insectivore mixes (Wambaroo, Vetafarm) coming onto the market but you can’t get them here.

To give you plenty of reading I thought I’d post my finch web-links as they give me hours of reading and provide valuable resources when I need to know something.  I also belong to a couple of other Bloggs.  I know it’s got a strong Australian bias but I am Australian after all.  I hope you’ll enjoy them none-the-less.  Of couse if you want to help undo my Aussie bias please reply to Finchme with your suggestions.

Avicultural Bloggs

http://aussiefinchforum.net/viewforum.php?f=37&sid=78f299f7ce10d6c8652d84ec1e8d7428

http://featherz.proboards.com/index.cgi

http://www.aussiebirdkeeper.net/

http://72.41.53.198/finchforum.html

http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatavianblog/

http://www.featheredflyer.net/index.php?s=67bb9d4dd8c51312447c40b54de307e3&

Animal Welfare

http://parrotsonline.homestead.com/articlesrescue.html

http://www.kookycongos.ca/charitychoices.htm

http://www.birdcompanions.com/This%20Aviculturists%20Response%20to%20ARF%20Propaganda.pdf

http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/quacks_like_a_duck.pdf

Avicultural Societies

http://www.qfs.org.au/qfs_AboutUs.asp

http://www.aviculturalsocietynsw.org/

http://www.birds.org.au/

http://www.birdkeepinginaustralia.com/start.html

http://www.birdclubs.org.au/Alphabetical%20List.htm

http://www.finchsociety.org/

http://www.hvas.asn.au/default.html

http://www.parrotsociety.org.au/index1.html

http://www.hawkesburyfinchclub.com/index.html

http://www.birds-inc.com/

Publications

http://ebirdkeeper.realviewtechnologies.com/?iid=10475&startpage=page0000004

http://www.birdkeeper.com.au/v2/index.html

http://talkingbirds.com.au/

http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-magazines/bird-talk/default.aspx

http://www.justfinches.com/

http://www.magazinesubscriptionsipc.com/ipc/subs/subsorder.asp?title=qcb&promcode=icaac

Products

http://www.birdsrus.com.au/

http://www.multiscope.com/hotspot/index.html

http://www.redbirdproducts.com/

http://www.petdirectory.com.au/

Aviary Profiles

http://www.cliftonfinchaviaries.org/

http://gastonaviaries.blogspot.com/2008/06/philippine-hanging-parrot-captive_12.html

http://www.peters-finches.netfirms.com/

Wild Trade

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/trade-use/cites/

http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2001/ra_9147_2001.html

http://www.parrots.org/

Care & Expert Sites

http://www.finchworld.com/

http://www.finchaviary.com/index.htm

http://www.landofvos.com/eclectus.html

http://www.efinch.com/

http://zebrafinch.info/

http://www.birdcare.com.au/

http://www.birdsrus.com.au/?page=162

http://www.fifecanary.org/

http://www.avianweb.com/finchspecies.htm

http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/

http://www.mybirdmanager.com/

http://www.birdworld.com.au/

http://camsalaviaries.com.au/home1.htm

http://www.robirda.com/

http://www.birdhealth.com.au/

http://ejaviary.com/

http://www.fabulousfinch.com/

http://www.fairestfinches.com/page/page/4448852.htm

http://www.finchniche.com/

http://www.jacarini.com/index.html

http://www.finchworld.com/Birds/Finch/names/finch_species_listing.htm

Pictures & Bird Watching

http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/links/links.jsp?page=l_asi_ph

http://www.birdwatch.ph/index.html

http://ibc.lynxeds.com/family/waxbills-allies-estrildidae

http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdfamily&Bird_Family_ID=163

Research Organizations

http://www.rarefinch.co.za/

http://www.savethegouldian.org/index.html

http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/research/parrot/

http://www.scientificamerican.com/topic.cfm?id=birds

Birds in the News

http://www.scientificamerican.com/topic.cfm?id=birds

http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/funbirds/birdnews_index.aspx

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/03/birds_in_the_news_165.php

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/birds/