All the birds, young and old, are now in the walk-in flight for the summer.

Lights were dropped to 9.25 hours yesterday so even those few birds which have been holding out on starting the molt will soon begin to drop feathers. The lights will remain at this level until late August/early September when I wil begin moving the lights up a little at a time until all of the birds are singing well for the shows this fall.

I have added some articles about the song of the American Singer to my website and will work on some about showing Singers to add to the site this week.

I have redesigned the website at www.practicalcanary.com and I continue to work on the new DRAGON website. I have also begun a new hassle-free webpage service at www.americansingercanaries.com for breeders who would like a webpage but don't know (or want to know) about how to build one. I have several breeders I am working with currently, so check that site out for breeders in your area.