The Cage & Aviary Bird Handbook [Paperback]

Tony Tilford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2001

Records of keeping captive birds date as far back as 284BC, when parrots were reportedly carried in processions, and today bird-keeping and breeding has become one of the most wide-spread and popular pastimes in the world. This handbook sets out to show beginners how to set up their own cage or aviary, and leads them through the processes of selecting species, housing, feeding, caring for, and also breeding birds. The text also advises on diseases and their remedies and their prevention. Comprehensive text is supported by fact panels, resulting in information-packed pages that are illustrated with photographs and beautifully executed drawings and diagrams throughout. A 30-page fully illustrated bird compendium identities caged birds and details how to keep and to breed them. This is an important and useful resource for bird-lovers worldwide.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Electrical and electronic engineer Tilford (Birds of Britain and Europe) combines his skill in technical photography with his lifelong passion for wildlife to produce this handbook for cage and aviary birds, covering their purchase, care and maintenance, health, and genetics and breeding. There is also a 30-page compendium of the most popular bird groups and the different species. The information he provides is comprehensive, well written, interesting, and useful, but it is Tilford's stunning, full-color photographs that set this book apart from other similar manuals and make it fun to browse as well as to read. Any library that subscribes to Bird Talk magazine will want to purchase this book. Recommended for all public libraries. Cleo Pappas, Lisle Lib. Dist., IL
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Tony Tilford is a writer and photographer whose lifelong interest lies in birds and wildlife. He owns a collection of superb bird photographs, and the books he has written and illustrated include Aviary Birds, Coloured Canaries, and Birds of Britain and Europe. He recent wrote the Photographic Guide to Birds of Java, Sumatra and Bali for New Holland. Tony Tilford is a past member of the Council of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. He lives near Norwich. Dr John Cooke, a former Oxford University professor who now lives in California, and a lifelong bird enthusiast, made an important contribution to this book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: New Holland Publishers, (December 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1859742378
• ISBN-13: 978-1859742372
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,360,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have for Bird Lovers, September 30, 2011

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This review is from: The Cage & Aviary Bird Handbook (Paperback)

This was written by my kid who loves birds. She wrote this review as part of a homeschooling project. "This book has invaluable information and is very well written. It is useful for both beginning and experienced bird-keepers. A must have for people who own birds. The Cage & Aviary Bird Handbook has information on living with birds, buying them, housing them, feeding them, keeping them healthy, a guide of common pet bird species, and information on breeding. It also has instructions on constructing an outdoor aviary and a box cage. This book has every aspect of bird care in its 144 pages! I definitely recommend this book. You have probably guessed that by now)."