http://www.finchme.com Your Philippine Online Guide to Everything Finch Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:30:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.finchme.com/2009/06/04/internet-web-resources/ 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 ... http://www.finchme.com/2009/05/21/a-guide-for-the/ 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 ... http://www.finchme.com/2009/05/13/summer-happenings/ Feeding green seeding grass heads to finches should be considered a must by serious finch breeders.  Dried, mature heads of millet sold at the pet store as a treat have no additional food value and are costly but do offer a form of environmental enrichment that is often lacking for ... http://www.finchme.com/2009/04/08/importance-of-seeding-grass-for-finches/ 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 ... http://www.finchme.com/2009/04/01/aprils-animal-scene-features-finches/ [caption id="attachment_478" align="alignleft" width="285" caption="Red heads don't mix with Black heads (Photo Sarah Pryke)"][/caption] 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) ... http://www.finchme.com/2009/03/21/breeding-success-in-gouldians/ Well Finchme has been off the air again for a while.  I hope some you guys made it to the BIRDS show at Tiendasita's on March 8.  Unfortunately I couldn't get there and since then I've had some my recent aviculturals successes brought to a halt.  On March 10, I ... http://www.finchme.com/2009/03/18/the-serpent-scourge-returns/ Ringing birds is something I've never done but with my recent successes and multiple nests threatening to cause confusion I investigated the ringing process to help identify my birds.  As I only have a small number of birds I didn't think that it was necessary to go to the expense ... http://www.finchme.com/2009/03/06/ringing-birds/ 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 ... http://www.finchme.com/2009/03/04/persistance-pays-off/ 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 ... http://www.finchme.com/2009/02/02/peta-an-intractable-avicultural-pest/