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.

Best in show hat-trick for intermediate fancier

Man charged over shooting wild birds

QUOTE of the WEEK

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New arrivals add to captive hill myna population

Redpolls to become one species

Australian authorities uncover huge illegal bird egg collection

THE CINNAMON COLUMN with Andy Early

Mixed flights for foreign finches

REGISTRATION REMINDER: SCOTLAND

Editor’s Letter

Cage & Aviary Birds

TALK OF THE TYNE • This month, Norman ponders the critical consensus between breeders and judges that determines the quality and wellbeing of exhibition birds, and looks ahead to some quality events planned for this autumn

Canaries Month by Month: AUGUST • As he anticipates the tough process of stock selection that is coming up shortly, BRIAN KEENAN takes time to clarify the Yorkshire canary’s show classification for us - something essential to keep in mind before we actually enter any shows!

Late summer in the garden • Most fanciers like to make their garden as bird-friendly as possible, and ROSEMARY LOW has plenty of good suggestions of edible plants that will be ripe and ready to offer right now

An A-Z of zebbie shows • From Scotland to Devon and Cambridge to Wales, top-class zebra finch exhibitions are lined up over the next three months. Established showman DAVE BROWN has the details

Think parrots, then think coffee! • In the coffee-growing zones of Colombia lives a gorgeous medium-sized parrot, whose future, DAVID WAUGH explains, depends largely on sustainable production of the crop

SHOW FAULTS: wing carriage and tail • In the third instalment of his series, KEITH LEEDHAM clarifies a further set of show criteria, including those that define those notorious bugbears, the longtail and longflight

OC Aviary: a hawfinch diary • Following last week’s intro, OLIVER CROWTHER presents this blow-by-blow account of his latest attempt to breed this magnificent species

Projects for my summer • A few late breedings continue in TONY EDWARDS’s room, but the next big task once the moult is over will be to assess every bird. That job will keep him out of mischief for a while!

READERS’ GALLERY

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

Paul Harden Trophy goes to Ian Standley

Chris and his colour budgie

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

OPEN SHOW CALENDAR AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2024

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