Customer Reviews

The New Finch Handbook (New Pet Handbooks)

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I find myself contantly using Christa Koepff's text as a favorite reference on various finch species. It is packed with beautiful color photos and specific information on 60 species. The chapters on general care and husbandry are helpful and well illustrated. I have found it ten times the value of it's modest price.

Christa Koepff's detailed treatment of finches is by far the best that I have come across. I repeatedly refer to all of the sections of this book for in-depth treatment of species and all of the other aspects of finch care. This is the one must-have reference for any finch fancier, beginner to expert.

This is a very good book, expecially for beginners. Lots of good basic information on the care an breeding of finches. Good species descriptions. However, my copy had many blank pages, and I did not get to read about some species, such as the Zebra Finch.

Pay no attention to the bad review below, that is the viewpoint of someone prejdice to the carduelan finches which is basically for advanced finch hobbiests, breeders, and aviculturists. That review shows little interest in being helpful to new or prospective finch owners. Christa Koepff has written without a doubt, THE most helpful book on finch care for begginers. Easy to read, reference, and understand. I own and moderate FinchFriends, one of the best and most popular Finch groups on Yahoo! I very highly recommend this book to all my members.

There is great info for beginners here, including info on the care and breeding of exotic finches. However, there is not too much specific info on specific breeds.

I love this book! I found this book to be extremely helpful. I reccomend this book to finch lovers everywhere!

This book should be re-named as "The Non-Singing Finches Handbook" because that is exactly what it is. It is a book for new Beginners, not for the advanced beginner, intermediate or expert breeder, because the content is superficial and out dated. Nothing is mentioned of singing birds such as the northern cardinal, rose breasted grosbeak, indigo bunting, siskins, goldfinches, linnets, etc. Instead you will find that the book has information on exotic finches such as firefinches, gouldians, gordon bleus, munias, grassfinches, javafinches, all those non singing birds that I do not keep and never will keep. Do not be misled by reviews that suggest this is a book for experts. It is far from the truth. I would not even buy this book if I am a new beginner, a much better deal is the Finches & softbilled birds by Henry bates and Robert Busenbark, and I also bought the Finches and Sparrows by Peter Clement (plse see my review on this book on Amazon).