Cage & Aviary Birds

Cage & Aviary Birds is written by bird experts for bird fanciers and is packed with club, show and bird related news, advice, birds for sale and comment. Established in 1902, Cage & Aviary Birds provides a wealth of practical advice and tips from the top names in the bird world, plus opinion, controversy, species and hobbyist profiles and nostalgia.

Rare dove chick provides hope for species’ survival

Haith’s prize draw

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Eurasian jays exhibit ‘human-like’ memory skills

Breeding Bird Survey tracks UK population trends for three decades

Chris Snell plants memorial tree to honour budgerigar breeders

PARROTS & PEOPLE

Waxbill heaven in the heart of Kruger • Continuing his account from last week of a self-drive holiday at the amazing Kruger NP, DARREN SEFTON picks some bird and mammal highlights from the middle part of his tour

Cage & Aviary Birds

Working with feather to create a show bird • ALAN MARCHANT distils some of the key points from his talks down the years to budgerigar societies. With this article he aims to help breeders understand the influence of feather on breeding and show requirements

Old & rare overview: the frills • Increasingly, canary fanciers look for a second or third breed to complement their main preference, and many find exciting challenges in the old and rare sections. In the first part of a section review, DAVE BROWN compiles a status update on the frill varieties

Harness some green muscle power • TERRY KELLY explains how you can grow an unsurpassable greenfood in bowls outside your birdroom. No need to shop!

‘From one aviculturist to another’ • Browsing the famous journal from 1935, reader SANDY HAY liked this bits-and-pieces news item with its mixture of rare breedings, exotic imports and blatant product placements

A sensational life • Most of us are aware that birds possess acute vision, but know less about their other senses. PAUL DONOVAN explains the factors that make the world appear, to both wild and captive birds, a radically different place

Meet the unsung barking kookaburra • They may not laugh, but blue-winged kookaburras are endlessly entertaining if you have the right facilities. BILL NAYLOR catches up with a kingfisher species he knows very well

It’s a cover-up! • Whether for an aviary shelter or a breeding cage, the floor covering matters. DAVE BROWN talks through the main options, which vary in cost from practically free to posh and pricy

The island colonist that went white • Following last week’s article, HEIN VAN GROUW explains how the mutation known as progressive greying probably occurred throughout the population of a now-extinct species

Flawless beauties: the hanging parrots • A genus you cannot fault! ROSEMARY LOW celebrates the lovely Loriculus species, and explains how they can be successfully bred now the right management has been clarified

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PICTURE OF THE MONTH!

Club News • Welcome to the club and show pages - the bit that’s all about you

Great bird turnout for all-variety knockout

Barhead event: ‘superb’ 133 entries

Dave Brown: ‘my life with finches’

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

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