A Complete Practical Guide to Caged & Aviary Birds: How to Keep Pet Birds, with Expert Advice on Buying, Housing, Feeding, Handling, Breeding and Ex - Softcover

David Alderton

 
9781780194677: A Complete Practical Guide to Caged & Aviary Birds: How to Keep Pet Birds, with Expert Advice on Buying, Housing, Feeding, Handling, Breeding and Ex

Synopsis

This is an essential reference manual for bird-keepers of all levels from the novice looking to keep a single pet bird indoors to the seasoned breeder wishing to extend an existing aviary collection. A close look at more than 250 examples provides a fascinating insight into the coloration, characteristics, weaknesses and breeding habits of each of the major groups: waxbills, weavers, wydahs, canaries and related finches, quails and pheasants, softbills, Australian parakeets, cockatiels, cockatoos, lories and lorikeets, parrots, doves and pigeons. The book provides all the bird husbandry information needed for bird-keepers everywhere.

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About the Author

David Alderton is a best-selling authority on pets and their care. He is the former chairman of the National Council for Aviculture, he contributes to a wide range of general and specialist publications, and he has given talks at national and international seminars.

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