Cage & Aviary Birds

BIRD EXPERTS FROM Chester Zoo have joined forces with an international team of conservationists to hand-rear a blue-eyed ground-dove chick (Columbina cyanopis). Just 15 birds of this species are believed to remain in the wild and the new chick has be

A NEW STUDY has found that Eurasian jays can remember incidental details of past events, which is characteristic of episodic memory in humans. The research by James Davies of the University of Cambridge and colleagues included a memory experiment to

TO HONOUR THE legacy of budgerigar breeders of the past, champion budgie breeder Chris Snell was invited to plant a memorial eucalyptus tree at Haith’s new Bird Food Centre in Louth. Lincolnshire. The event was part of Haith’s vibrant planting initia

OUR next camp inside Kruger was park headquarters at Skukuza for two nights. This is the largest of the camps and boasts some of the best viewing of mammals. We had booked an evening drive with a ranger but on a whim changed it to an afternoon drive,

IN MY career as a budgie breeder, I would try to bring some control into the endeavour to breed show birds. The point is that you need to measure and monitor the progress that you are making. Let us consider the building blocks available to us. These

THE coldest May on record has done not only great damage to horticulture, it has also taken a great toll of young birds, and everywhere we hear of finches and parakeets becoming egg-bound, letting their young die or in some cases not going to nest at

BIOLOGICALLY speaking, birds have some of the most advanced sensory systems of any animal. Their body is swathed in sensory feathers. They have a tactile beak, and vision which far surpasses that of humans. All these are important in allowing an indi

THE blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii) was initially collected by Sir Joseph Banks, but was described by others and named in 1826 after the British Museum zoologist William Leech (1791-1836). Banks had confused it with its more famous relative (

ON APRIL 2 the society held a presentation evening to award members with their certificates for the 2023 show season. The evening was a success with the following members taking home their awards: Polly Derricutt (junior), Bob Bradbury (foreign), Kev

THE society’s first tabletop competition this year was an all-variety knockout held on March 9. It was a great success with 13 birds entered from four exhibitors. A good variety of birds were on show including canaries, budgerigar and foreign birds f