Pam Filipski
Flight of the Budgerigar – An Illustrated History
Today we cannot walk into a pet store almost anywhere in the U.S. and not find a few colorful, playful budgerigars. Where did they come from and how did they ...
Song Canaries
All canaries are descendants of the little green serin, a songbird that Spanish sailors brought to Europe from the Azores, Madeira, and Canary Islands in the 15th-17th centuries. Keeping ornamental ...
COMING TO AMERICA… the Early Canary Birds!
The first canaries were brought to Europe by Spanish sailors who passed through the Canary Islands – named for the large dogs (canines) rather than the small green birds who ...
Flights of Fancy
Recently some of our club members discovered a few vintage bird cages and, with the help of a Hendryx cage collector in Oregon, we dated some of these treasures and ...
Those Crazy Canary People…Radio’s Singing Canaries
While most of us would prefer to be called bird enthusiasts rather than bird nuts, we probably couldn’t hold a candle to pet owners during the canary craze of the ...