"From where they sleep to what they eat and how you can make them feel at home, this book gives you all the pet care advice you need to become your bird's best pal." - back cover.

This newly updated book is a reference manual for every bird-keeper. It covers all aspects of bird care: housing choices; constructing an aviary; buying birds and settling them in; feeding and handling; keeping birds healthy; and exhibiting and breeding. A close look at over 250 examples provides a fascinating insight into the appearance, characteristics and breeding habits of each of the major groups: waxbills, weavers, wydahs, canaries and related...

"Fenway is flabbergasted when he meets a bird who speaks human, and he is even more surprised when they actually become friends"--