Keeping Canaries

New
Illustrated
2011
$16.88

Canaries have been domesticated since the fifteenth century, when the Spanish first imported them from their Canary Isles home, attracted by their melodic song. Since then their popularily as a caged bird has spread throughout the world, This book instroduces several of the different types of canary that are popular today, and offers invaluable advice on the responsibilities of ownership and how best to care for these beautiful birds.

Synopsis

Canaries have been domesticated since the fifteenth century, when the Spanish first imported them from their Canary Isles home, attracted by their melodic song. Since then their popularily as a caged bird has spread throughout the world, This book instroduces several of the different types of canary that are popular today, and offers invaluable advice on the responsibilities of ownership and how best to care for these beautiful birds.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 160
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
Published: 26 Sep 2011
ISBN 10: 1847972993
ISBN 13: 9781847972996
Book Overview: Features and reviews in Cage & Aviary Birds, Breeder News and The Journal of Avian Medicine. Reviews in petmag.co.uk and Yorkshire Canary Club Newsletter.

Author Bio

Brian Keenan began keeping canaries at the age of eight. His first birds were a trio of Yorkshire canaries, and he has been breeding these for over fifty years. Brian is a champion breeder and exhibitor, and is in constant demand as a popular judge at exhibitions throughout the world. He has a regular column in Cage & Aviary Birds magazine, and is the President of the Yorkshire Canary Club, the leading club worldwide for this type of canary.