Barry The Bird With A Fringe

Many people have birds as pets, and canaries are a very popular choice. They’re small, cute, come in a variety of colors and are very easy to take care of. They’re also exceptionally talented singers. But today we’re going to introduce you to a very unique bird. His name is Barry and he describes himself as “the birb with a fringe”. Barry is a Gloster canary. While most Canaries are originally from the Canary Islands, and they are just caught in the wild and then bred, Gloster canaries aren’t. They don’t actually exist in the wild. It took years of breeding and the result was two kinds of Gloster canaries – Consorts and Coronas (yeah, we know, insert a coronavirus joke of your liking here). Consorts have smooth heads like most canaries, but Coronas have this amusing little fringe like Barry. It kind of looks like they have a perfect tiny mop-top haircut made of feathers that’s very similar to those the Beatles sported back in the day. Barry has been getting quite a bit of attention lately thanks to his rainbow photoshoot and his Instagram followers are close to reaching a 5K mark.

1. Here’s Barry contemplating the complexity of life and what is this really all about. What is his purpose in life? Should he even attempt to write a new song or has everything under the sun already been written?

2. Barry’s also an artist, and a very talented one. He’s moved beyond paintbrushes, that’s basic. Instead he uses his legs to create his masterpieces. One day we’ll see Barry’s art in a museum or an art gallery.

3. This is the rainbow photoshoot that brought Barry his fame. People just see it as a cute bird with rainbow feathers, but really Barry was trying to showcase how multifaceted his personality is, his soul is like a rainbow, he’s got a full range of emotions just like the rainbow has a full range of color.

4. You can see Barry’s magnificent mop-top up close over here. Looks how perfectly styled it looks. He would consider actually dying his feathers into a rainbow, but that would mess with the purity of his perfection. He just woke up like that.