All About Breeding Lovebirds [Hardcover]

Mervin Roberts (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Tfh Pubns Inc (June 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0866226958
• ISBN-13: 978-0866226950
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,013,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly a book for kids......, June 15, 2005

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Dianne Foster "Di" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All About Breeding Lovebirds (Hardcover)

ALL ABOUT BREEDING LOVEBIRDS, by Mervyn Roberts includes a nice section on Nutrition that covers what the little guys eat in the wild, where they apparently behave much like Crows in the States and plow up newly planted items in your garden as well as attacking mature fruits and seeds. Roberts book does not go into nearly as much genetic detail as Dr. D'Angieri's ATLAS or John Coborn's PROFESSIONAL BOOK OF LOVEBIRDS but it is accessible, and it includes many beautiful photographs (many of them black and white), and a great deal of information about breeding. The book is a little bit older than the two mentioned above, but the information included is not dated. I gave my granddaughter Anne Appleyard's THE LOVEBIRD HANDBOOK, a newer publication that covers everything a 12-year old needs to know.

Roberts includes an annotated list of other books on Lovebirds in the last pages of the book but as his book was published in 1983, publications printed since then won't be included, such as Ann Appleyard's LOVEBIRD HANDBOOK which I have found very helpful.

4.0 out of 5 stars Novice bird lover, November 18, 2009

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Deborah Culgan "Learner" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All About Breeding Lovebirds (Hardcover)

Just what I needed, Easy to read, answered some of the questions I had on breeding love birds, and now ready for the next step. Should have my first babies by Christmas.

2.0 out of 5 stars Title is misleading, October 1, 2007

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Melanie Davis "lovebird lover" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All About Breeding Lovebirds (Hardcover)

I bought this book hoping it would go a little in more depth on what to expect when eggs are laid and what happens when they begin to hatch but it is basically a book that tells you a little of everything about lovebirds. The photo's were nice and the information was good but it wasn't what I expected.