Rares can add so much

WHILE I recover from knee surgery, I have enjoyed spending time looking at budgerigar pages online. I love the take up of rarer varieties and newer mutations. This part of the hobby is flourishing and there are many great birds to admire online.

The difference from general exhibition budgerigar talk is the focus is on improving the variety content and colour of each generation, not simply about the quest for those main show features – size, super-heavy directional feather, depth of mask, etc – as a primary consideration. the envious eyes are instead on what is rare