Finch Aviary

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FinchAviary.com's Original Articles Index

The following are some original articles written by me on special topics of interest to finch keepers.

The following are original articles written by others on special topics of interest to finch keepers.

*NEW* Keeping and Breeding Firefinches in Portugal by João Boto (PDF)
(©2006 João Boto - All Rights Reserved Worldwide - Posted here with permission from the author. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments for the author and I will forward your message.)

Visit The Finch Files Website for Advanced Topics in Breeding and Aviculture

As I progressed with finches, I eventually decided to take up the challenges of breeding finches (particularly waxbills) in the basement bird room that my husband built for me. I have started a second website dedicated to more advanced topics in breeding and aviculture: The Finch Files. While this site in under construction and progress is slow, it does have some health information, as well as some photos of the birds I have bred in the Breeding section, and a description of the bird room in the Bird Room section. Please feel free to browse what is there. More will be coming as I learn more and as I have the time to put my findings up on the web. Some of the independent juveniles will be moved to the living room aviary featured on this site with the hopes that they will get a lot of exercise and that they will learn to accept a more diverse diet. So, from time to time, you may catch a peak of them in the AviCam. Enjoy!

New Midwest Finch/Softbill Club Meeting in Chicago Area

A new club dedicated to breeding and exhibiting finches and softbills is starting up in the Midwest - The Finch and Softbill Breeders and Exhibitors Club (FSBEC). We are currently meeting in Palatine, IL. More information can be found at the FSBEC website: www.fsbec.finchfiles.com

Updated February 5, 2007

New Article Posted: Keeping and Breeding Firefinches in Portugal by João Boto

João Boto of Portugal has gratiously sent me a copy of his original article on keeping and breeding firefinches. It is an excellent read. Please take the time to read this piece and learn a bit about this lovely African finch species. Available here in PDF format. If you have questions or comments for the author, feel free to send them to me and I will forward them on.

Updated April 19, 2006

New Yahoo! Group Formed: Avian Microscopy

A new Yahoo! Group has been formed to discuss the use of a microscope to ensure the health of the birds in our care. If you are interested in the Fecal Smear article and want to discuss such topics and share photos with others, please consider joining this group: AvianMicroscopy.

Updated February 6, 2006

This site is dedicated to the construction and maintenance of our indoor canary/finch aviary. Our goal is to share experiences and ideas with others interested in keeping finches, particularly in an indoor aviary setting. In addition to information exchange, we’ve tried to enrich your experience with multimedia. We offer a live AviCam – a digital window into our aviary – as well as collections of photographs, audio clips, and (eventually) video files for your perusal. (Check out About This Site for our statement of purpose.)

We are not avian experts. We keep finches as a hobby, and we learn new things all the time. We found that it is much easier to find quality care information on more traditional pets such as dogs and cats, than it is to find information about finches. Even the pet bird community focuses on species such as parrots, parakeets, and cockatiels. We found that the best information out there came from the experience of others. In this respect, the Internet community has been an invaluable source of information. This website is our opportunity to give something back.

Because we know there are many people with more experience, new ideas, and differing opinions, we encourage you to contact us with your own ideas. We are very open to providing a different perspective in an effort to make our site as helpful, informative, and well-rounded as possible and we are always looking for new ideas to improve the quality of living of our birds.

Much of this site relates to keeping finches in a non-breeding setup. We are working on getting a bird room completed and we will some day share are breeding experiences as well.

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