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 [...]

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I’ve been asked to speak to the BIRDS club in Manila on August 16 about finches and Canaries along with Danny Ang (Cockatiels) and Milet Escalona (Love birds). In addition to a powerpoint presentation I’ve produced this Z-fold leaflet so allow me to brush up on canaries as I haven’t kept them for some time. I hope you find [...]

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Well the Finchme editor seems to be having problems so I’ll keep this short. Nothing much has been happening in my aviaries over the last month as most species are molting. The cut-throats of course never seem to stop breeding, which is good because my male owl died and has to be replaced [...]

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I happened to bump into Hansel Sy at Cartimar yesterday, April 1 (no joking) and he told me that his finches are featured in this month’s (April 2009) edition of Animal Scene.  Unfortunately the Manila Bulletin’s link to Animal Scene is dead (http//animalscene.mb.com.ph) so, like me, you’ll have to get a copy (PhP120) to see some great [...]

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Yesterday I came across a new article on the ABC web site with some very interesting news for Gouldian breeders.  If you have subscription to  you can read the actual academic article too from Sarah R. Pryke and Simon C. Griffith (2009) Genetic Incompatibility Drives Sex Allocation and Maternal Investment in a Polymorphic Finch. Science , 20 March 2009: Vol. 323. no. [...]

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I have had a deal of breeding success lately in my aviaries last month  and the information may be valuable for people other than me.  Before I get onto that I will just go over my set-up and feeding regime.  I have two aviaries with mixed collections. I have dry seed available in hoppers (canary, [...]

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Well for those that read this blogg, you can see we’re plagued by spamming pests but for keepers of birds, or any animal for that matter, there is another more serious pest which is threatens our very right to own and keep animals and that is the so called Animal Rights Movement.  Simply pick up [...]

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I hope Finchme readers had a great Christmas and everyone has a happy New Year.  A very special wish goes to Amelita Escalona who had to endure a dreadful year, health wise, in 2008 and I’m sure you’ll join me in  wishing her a speedy recovery and all the best in 2009.  Some of you who may be members of [...]

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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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