FROM DURBAN - SOUTH AFRICA
Howard's "Finchley Park" aviary.
Mike's "Extreme Weather" aviary.
Russ's "Large Specialist" aviaries.
Kevin's "Team Built" aviary.
"My father introduced me to Gouldian Finches. Dad had been
breeding Budgerigars, Grass Parrots, Bourkes Parrots, etc. for
many years as a backyard hobby. Each time he needed a new aviary,
he built one and we all helped in the construction."
"How did my love for birds come about? When I was about
nine or 10, I found an abandoned sparrow hatchling while on a holiday down
the Natal South Coast. I refused to go home until the baby bird was strong
enough to fend for itself."
FROM VICTORIA - AUSTRALIA
Andy's "Back Garden" aviary.
"Andy has just built a brand new aviary. Well I should
say his father-in-law did! He has taken photographs of each stage of
the building process to share with other enthusiasts."
FROM LEBANON
Pascal's "Cage Specialist" aviary.
"I was first introduced to Gouldians many years ago,
when I was just a kid. Those birds were inexistent in Lebanon, you have
to remember that we were at war then, and bird keeping was the
least thing on peoples mind."
FROM WINNIPEG - CANADA
"My
aviary is called Candor Aviaries and I specialize in the gouldian finch and
have raised them for about 12 years. I keep a variety of other birds however
my first love is the gouldian. To me it is the "Cadillac" of
finches."
FROM VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
"My
previous experiences with bird keeping included ten years of breeding and
racing pigeons as a teenager. Although quite different species, my aim
then was similar to my aim now twenty years later, to breed a robust
strain of hardy free breeding birds."
FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND CANADA
"I called on
my friends to come by for a Saturday in May for a
working bee to put the rest of the aviary up on the back concrete
patio ... My friends include an electrician, a doctor a welder and
a machinist. I printed off a rough design and we followed it."
FROM VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
Grant's "Picture Perfect" aviary.
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Revised 07/2003