Abstract
A common practice by serious canary
breeders is to band their birds. Several
advantages will result from the practice.
First of all it is the only way of keeping
effective records. "Closed" bands (rings)
have the year of bird inscribed on the
ring, and as they cannot be placed or
removed after a certain age, they are a
guarantee of the birds age. Other information
inscribed on the band is a serial
number and initials of your club or a
specialist society you purchase the band
from. Records are kept by the club in regard
to whom particular numbers are sold,
therefore these bands become traceable.
A form of pedigree record keeping is
achieved when you buy the rings from
the club or a specialist society. These
closed rings are made of aluminum and
each year the color is diffierent, therefore
you can tell the age of the bird from
a distance_ For example the color for
1976 is blue, for 1975 was red, for 1974
was green.