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Bird-song at morning 8-9

Martha Wigmore

NFSS Annual Census 10-12

White-cheeked Touraco 13-14

Ade Jones

Hand-feeding from An Egg 15-17

Ron Castaner

National Cage Bird Society Show Report 18

NFSS 2012 Show Reports 19-30

2012 National Cage Bird Show Highlights 31-35

Rebecca Mikel, Sally Huntington, Laura Bewley

2012 3rd Quarter Meeting, Board of Directors 37

NFSS Club Affiliation Information 39-40

NFSS Affiliated Clubs Awards Pricing 41

NFSS Affiliated Clubs 42-46

NFSS Judges Panel 47

NFSS Board of Directors and Appointed Officers 48

2012 NFSS Novice and Junior Exhibitors 49

COVER PHOTO

PURPLE -CRESTED TOURACO (Thuitaco PORPHYREOLOPHUS)

NFSS wants to thank Darren Sefton of the Foreign Bird League

(Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire UK) for sharing with members his

photo of this magnificent Touraco.

MAIRCH/APRIL ARTICLES The Mar/Apr issue will be a color issue. It will feature 2012 Award

Winners and pictures taken at the National Cage Bird Show. There will

be articles with pictures of the Cuban Melodious, Mousebird, and Silver-

eared Waxbill, as well as a continuation of the Gouldian article featured

in the Nov/Dec 2012 issue.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS P r e s i d e n t ' s M e s s a g e 4-5 B i r d - s o n g a t m o r n i n g 8 - 9

M a r t h a W i g m o r e NFSS A n n u a l C e n s u s 1 0 - 1 2

W h i t e - c h e e k e d T o u r a c o 1 3 - 1 4 A d e J o n e s

H a n d - f e e d i n g f r o m A n E g g 1 5 - 1 7 R o n C a s t a n e r

N a t i o n a l C a g e B i r d S o c i e t y S h o w R e p o r t 1 8 N F S S 2 0 1 2 S h o w R e p o r t s 1 9 - 3 0 2 0 1 2 N a t i o n a l C a g e B i r d S h o w H i g h l i g h t s 31-35

R e b e c c a M i k e l , S a l l y H u n t i n g t o n , L a u r a B e w l e y 2 0 1 2 3'"^ Q u a r t e r M e e t i n g , B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s 3 7 N F S S C l u b A f f i l i a t i o n I n f o r m a t i o n 3 9 - 4 0 N F S S A f f i l i a t e d C l u b s A w a r d s P r i c i n g 4 1 N F S S A f f i l i a t e d C l u b s 4 2 - 4 6 N F S S J u d g e s P a n e l 4 7 N F S S B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s a n d A p p o i n t e d O f f i c e r s 4 8 2 0 1 2 N F S S N o v i c e a n d J u n i o r E x h i b i t o r s 4 9

COVER PHOTO PURPLE-CRESTED TOURACO (TAURACO PORPHYREOLOPHUS)

NFSS w a n t s t o t h a n k D a r r e n S e f t o n o f t h e F o r e i g n B i r d L e a g u e ( C l e c k h e a t o n , W e s t Y o r k s h i r e U K ) f o r s h a r i n g w i t h m e m b e r s h is p h o t o o f t h i s m a g n i f i c e n t T o u r a c o .

M i ^ R C H / A P R i L A R T I C L E S T h e M a r / A p r i ssue w i l l be a c o l o r i s sue . It w i l l f e a t u r e 2012 A w a r d W i n n e r s a n d p i c t u r e s t a k e n a t t h e N a t i o n a l Cage B i r d S h o w . T h e r e w i l l b e a r t i c l e s w i t h p i c t u r e s o f t h e C u b a n M e l o d i o u s , M o u s e b i r d , a n d S i l v e r -e a r e d W a x b i l l , as w e l l as a c o n t i n u a t i o n o f t h e G o u l d i a n a r t i c l e f e a t u r e d i n t h e N o v / D e c 2 0 1 2 i s s u e .

J A N / F E B 2 0 1 3 3 N F S S J O U R N A L

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WE'RE BACK FROM THE NATIONAL CAGE BIRD SHOW ( N C B S ) . I t i s t h e l a r g e s t s h o w o n t h e N F S S c a l e n d a r a n d t h e v e r y b e s t p l a c e t o m e e t a n d v i s i t w i t h o t h e r N F S S m e m b e r s f r o m a l l a r o u n d t h e U.S . a n d C a n a d a .

I f y o u h a v e n ' t a t t e n d e d a " N a t i o n a l " , l o o k i n t o i t . T h e 2 0 1 3 N C B S w i l l b e h e l d i n T u l s a , O k l a h o m a . L o t s o f b i r d s , l o t s o f N F S S f r i e n d s . Y o u s h o u l d a t t e m p t t o a r r i v e o n t h e f i r s t d a y t o c a t c h t h e N F S S " A f t e r n o o n o f A v i c u l t u r e " . T h i s y e a r , s p e a k e r s f r o m t h e S t . L o u i s Z o o a n d M a z u r i g a v e o u t s t a n d i n g p r e s e n t a t i o n s o n c o n s e r v a t i o n e f f o r t s i n t h e M a r i a n a I s l a n d s a n d o n a v i a n n u t r i t i o n . T h e q u e s t i o n - a n d - a n s w e r s e s s i o n s f o l l o w i n g t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n s w e r e p a r t i c u l a r l y i n f o r m a t i v e .

S a l l y H u n t i n g t o n ' s c o n t i n u i n g m a n a g e m e n t o f t h i s e v e n t h a s m a d e i t a n o t - t o - b e - m i s s e d e v e n t . T h e " N a t i o n a l " is a l s o w h e r e w e p r e s e n t t h o s e a w a r d s t h a t r e f l e c t s i g n i f i c a n t a v l c u l t u r a l a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s b y o u r m e m b e r s : o r g a n i z a t i o n l e v e l a w a r d s ; t h e N a t i o n a l A v l c u l t u r a l R e c o g n i t i o n A w a r d ( N A R A ) , a w a r d e d t o R o l a n d C r i s t o f o r h i s w o r k w i t h C o r v i d s ; a n d K a t e r i D a v i s e a r n e d t h e N A R A L e v e l B A w a r d f o r h e r w o r k w i t h M o u s e b i r d s .

T h e r e w e r e f o u r m e m b e r s e a r n i n g t h e t i t l e C H A M P I O N E X H I B I T O R ( 5 0 p o i n t s i n 1 y e a r ) : M i k e M a n l e y , J i m H e f f e r n a n , R a u l M o r a l e s , a n d C h e r y l B u r n s . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s a l l !

W e o w e a s p e c i a l " T h a n k Y o u " t o L a u r a B e w l e y f o r s t e p p i n g i n t o j u d g e t h e s h o w w h e n C l a r e n c e C u l w e l l w a s f o r c e d a t t h e l a s t m i n u t e t o s t e p a s i d e t o a d d r e s s p e r s o n a l c o n c e r n s , a n d t o D a n n y M a l d o n a d o a n d B o b P e e r s w h o p h o t o g r a p h e d t h e s h o w ( p i c t u r e s i n t h e n e x t J o u r n a l ) . T h e r e w e r e 2 4 e x h i b i t o r s a n d 1 9 0 b i r d s . A l l i n a l l , t h i s w a s a g r e a t e v e n t .

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T h i s i s a n e l e c t i o n y e a r a n d t h e B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s ( B O D ) w i l l b e p u t t i n g t o g e t h e r a n e l e c t i o n c o m m i t t e e t o r e c r u i t c a n d i d a t e s a n d m a k e s u r e w e f o l l o w t h e e l e c t i o n p r o c e d u r e s l a i d o u t i n t h e b y - l a w s . I f y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n s e r v i n g o n t h e B O D i n a n e l e c t e d o r a p p o i n t e d o f f i c e p l e a s e c o n t a c t m e o r a n y B O D m e m b e r f o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n . W e p r e s e n t l y h a v e a v a c a n c y a s A d v e r t i s i n g M a n a g e r ( a p p o i n t e d ) a n d a l l e l e c t e d p o s i t i o n s w i l l b e d e c i d e d i n t h e 2 0 1 3 e l e c t i o n . E l e c t i o n r e s u l t s a r e t y p i c a l l y a n n o u n c e d a t t h e N C B S .

A s y o u r e a d t h i s t h e 2 0 1 3 b a n d s w i l l b e a r r i v i n g ( m a i l i n g C h r i s t m a s w e e k ) , m a n y a r e l i k e l y a l r e a d y s n u g g l y f i t t e d o n t h e f i r s t n e s t l i n g s o f t h e n e w y e a r . I t ' s t h a t t i m e o f y e a r , t h e b r e e d i n g s e a s o n w i t h t h e y e a r ' s n e w b a n d s . P a u l a H a n s e n is t h e e l f b e h i n d t h e s c e n e s t h a t m a k e s t h e b a n d s a r r i v a l a f t e r C h r i s t m a s a s d e p e n d a b l e a s t h e s e a s o n s . W e ' v e j o k e d t h a t t h e j o b is a l i f e t i m e a p p o i n t m e n t ( i t ' s a n e l e c t e d o f f i c e ) , b u t r e p l a c i n g P a u l a i s n ' t p o s s i b l e . W e c o u l d h a v e a d i f f e r e n t B a n d S e c r e t a r y b u t P a u l a i s t r u l y i r r e p l a c e a b l e . W e ' r e v e r y , v e r y f o r t u n a t e .

I ' m l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o a s p r i n g o f f u l l n e s t s a n d f l i g h t s f u l l o f y o u n g s t e r s , f o l l o w e d c l o s e l y b y s e e i n g m y N F S S f r i e n d s a t t h e s h o w s . I h o p e t o s e e y o u t h e r e .

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IT HAS BEEN MY GREAT PLEASURE t o b e l o n g t o N F S S s i n c e n e a r l y i t s i n c e p t i o n ( m e m b e r # 1 5 4 ) a n d t o s e r v e t h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n i n n u m e r o u s w a y s a l m o s t c o n t i n u o u s l y s i n c e t h e n . I s e r v e d N F S S o n t h e B o a r d f o r j u s t s h o r t o f 2 0 y e a r s — a s J u d g e s P a n e l D i r e c t o r , N F S S J o u r n a l J u d g e s H a n d b o o k a n d S t a n d a r d s E d i t o r , 2"^^ V i c e P r e s i d e n t , C o r r e s p o n d i n g S e c r e t a r y , a n d M o u n t a i n R e g i o n V i c e P r e s i d e n t . P a r a l l e l w i t h t h a t h a v e b e e n n e a r l y a s m a n y y e a r s a s a n N F S S P a n e l J u d g e , o n e o f t h e s w e e t e s t l o n g - r u n n i n g e x p e r i e n c e s o f m y l i f e .

T h e g l o r i o u s p a r a d e o f e x q u i s i t e b i r d s a n d c h a r m i n g e x h i b i t o r s I h a v e w i t n e s s e d w o v e a c r o s s t h e c o n t i n e n t a n d , m o s t h a p p i l y t o P u e r t o R i c o . A l o n g t h e w a y I w a s g r a c e d w i t h a K e l l o g g T r o p h y a n d N F S S F o u n d e r s A w a r d , a n d s o m a n y u n f o r g e t t a b l e e x p e r i e n c e s .

T h e r o u t e h a s b e e n c r o w d e d w i t h b r e e d e r s w h o w e r e s o e a g e r t o p r o v i d e m e s o m e t h i n g t h a t h e l p e d m e m e e t m y I n s a t i a b l e a p p e t i t e f o r k n o w l e d g e a n d t o h e a r t h e d i f f e r i n g v i e w p o i n t s i n o u r b r a n c h o f t h e h o b b y . A n d t h e s h o w s — e s p e c i a l l y t h e s h o w s ! !

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T h e r e w i l l n e v e r b e a n y t h i n g f o r m e t h a t w i l l e q u a l t h e t h r i l l o f s e e i n g t h a t p e r f e c t l y c o n f o r m e d C h e s t n u t - f l a n k e d W h i t e Z e b r a F i n c h h e n , t h o s e p e r f e c t F a w n Z e b r a s , o r t h a t e x q u i s i t e l y m a r k e d P l e d Z e e b . A n d o h , t h a t o n e G o u l d i a n I s t i l l c a n n e v e r f o r g e t . L i t t l e w i l l m a t c h t h e r e w a r d s o f d i s c o v e r i n g a n d m e a s u r i n g w i t h f e l l o w f a n c i e r s t h e w o r d s w e u s e t o b e s t d e s c r i b e o u r b i r d s i n s t a n d a r d s , i n c l u d i n g t h e E u r o p e a n S o c i e t i e s a n d t h e n e w e r Z e e b c o l o r s . A n d n o t h i n g c o m p a r e s w i t h h e a r i n g t h e l o v e a n d p r i d e i n t h e v o i c e o f t h e b r e e d e r a s t h e y t e l l y o u o f t h e i r j o u r n e y t o t h e t o p b e n c h . NFSS JOURNAL 8 JAN/FEB 2013

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T h e r e ' v e b e e n s o m e s t i n k e r s o f e x p e r i e n c e s — b u g - i n f e s t e d e x h i b i t s o n t h e s h o w b e n c h , m i s s e d p l a n e s , p a i n f u l l y s t r i d e n t B o a r d m e m b e r s . A n d t o o m a n y o f m y o w n s t u m b l e s s t i l l m a k e m e c r i n g e . B u t t o g e t h e r w e i n o u r h o b b y h a v e , a n d w i l l c o n t i n u e t o g r o w i n o u r h u m a n i t y . W h a t a u n i q u e w a y t o d o t h i s !

T h i s y e a r I h e a r d a s u c c e s s f u l n e w e x h i b i t o r b e m o a n i n g t h a t s h e h a s d i s c o v e r e d t h i s h o b b y a t i t s d e c l i n e . I h a d t o l a u g h o u t l o u d a t t h e i n c o n g r u i t y o f t h e s t a t e m e n t . F o r o u r r e c e n t l y c o n c l u d e d s h o w w e h a d s p e n t f i v e h o u r s w i t h s e v e r a l o f t h e m o s t a r d e n t a n d d e d i c a t e d f a n c i e r s I ' v e e v e r b e e n w i t h . W e s h a r e d o u r b i r d s a n d l e a r n e d t o g e t h e r , a n d d r a n k d e e p o f t h e i n s p i r a t i o n . O u r e x c i t e m e n t f o r t h e u p c o m i n g b r e e d i n g s e a s o n is a c u t e . A n d a G r e e n S i n g i n g F i n c h s a n g u s a l l a c o n c e r t o f g o l d e n n o t e s i n p r o m i s e o f a n o t h e r g l o r i o u s d a y .

I a m r e t i r i n g f r o m t h e N F S S J u d g e s P a n e l , b u t I a m h a p p i l y m o v i n g f o r w a r d w i t h y o u o n t h i s j o u r n e y o f f i n c h a n d s o f t b i l l d i s c o v e r i e s a n d l o v e , w i t h d e e p e s t a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r t i m e w e l l s p e n t !

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THE 2 0 1 2 ONLINE CENSUS IS NOW OPEN a n d w i l l r e m a i n o p e n t h r o u g h t h e e n d o f F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 3 . E v e r y o n e w i t h t h e m e a n s t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e C e n s u s o n l i n e i s e n c o u r a g e d t o d o s o . T h e o n l i n e s y s t e m t a k e s o n l y a f e w m o m e n t s t o c o m p l e t e , d a t a is c o l l e c t e d a n d t a l l i e d i m m e d i a t e l y , a n d y o u c a n l o g i n a t a n y t i m e t o c h a n g e y o u r d a t a a s l o n g a s t h e C e n s u s i s o p e n . Y o u w i l l a l s o b e a b l e t o v i e w t h e o v e r a l l t o t a l s a s t h e y c o m e i n . Y o u r p e r s o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n is n o t d i s c l o s e d u n l e s s y o u c h o o s e t o s h a r e c o n t a c t i n f o r m a t i o n w i t h o t h e r f a n c i e r s .

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T h e C e n s u s i s a n i m p o r t a n t f u n c t i o n o f t h e N F S S . T h e d a t a c o l l e c t e d w i l l h e l p u s a s s e s s t h e s t a t e o f a v i c u l t u r e i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d C a n a d a , a s w e l l a s a n a l y z e t r e n d s o v e r t i m e . E v e r y o n e ' s p a r t i c i p a t i o n Is e n c o u r a g e d n o m a t t e r h o w m a n y b i r d s y o u k e e p , w h e t h e r y o u b r e e d o r j u s t e n j o y , w h e t h e r y o u a r e a n N F S S m e m b e r o r n o t . T h e m o r e d a t a w e g e t , t h e b e t t e r w e c a n u n d e r s t a n d o u r h o b b y . B e c a u s e t h i s i s t h e 2 0 1 2 C e n s u s , p l e a s e d o n o t i n c l u d e b i r d s t h a t w e r e p u r c h a s e d / h a t c h e d a f t e r D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 2 0 1 2 i n y o u r c o u n t s .

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T o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e C e n s u s v i a m a i l , f i l l o u t t h e f o r m i n c l u d e d i n t h i s j o u r n a l a n d m a i l i t t o m e a t t h e a d d r e s s o n t h e f o l l o w i n g p a g e . T r a c k i n g m u t a t i o n d a t a is n o t a g o a l o f t h e C e n s u s . L i m i t e d m u t a t i o n d a t a is c o l l e c t e d o n l y t o h e l p c o n n e c t b r e e d e r s . M u t a t i o n c o m b i n a t i o n s a r e n o t s u p p o r t e d , s o y o u m u s t c h o o s e w h i c h m u t a t i o n t o e n t e r s u c h b i r d s u n d e r . Y o u a r e f r e e t o e n t e r a l l y o u r b i r d s a s N o r m a l ( o r O t h e r ) r a t h e r t h a n e n t e r t h e m b y m u t a t i o n t o k e e p t h e p r o c e s s s i m p l e . NFSS JOURNAL 1 0 JAN/FEB 2013

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W h i t e - c h e e k e d T u r a c o s d o n o t p i c k u p f o o d a n d g i v e i t t o t h e i r c h i c k s . T h e y r e g u r g i t a t e e v e r y t h i n g , p l a c i n g t h e i r b e a k s i n t o t h e c h i c k ' s b e a k s . I t is q u i t e a s i g h t i f y o u h a v e n e v e r s e e n i t b e f o r e . R e m e m b e r , T u r a c o s d o n o t h a v e a c r o p a n d w h a t e v e r is f e d t o t h e m w i l l b e e x c r e t e d 2 0 o r 3 0 m i n u t e s a f t e r b e i n g e a t e n ; e g . , i f y o u f e e d a d i s h o f b l a c k b e r r i e s , t h e n a f t e r 3 0 m i n u t e s i t w i l l l o o k l i k e t h e y a r e e x c r e t i n g c r u d e o i l !

I h a v e f o u n d l i v e f o o d p l a y s a n i m p o r t a n t r o l e i n r e a r i n g c h i c k s . O b v i o u s l y , i n a l a r g e a v i a r y t h e a d u l t s w i l l f i n d a c e r t a i n a m o u n t o f t h e i r o w n l i v e f o o d w h i c h is a d d e d t o w h a t e v e r I c a n f i n d o r p u r c h a s e f o r t h e m . S l u g s o f a n y s i z e a r e e a t e n , p l u s s m a l l s n a i l s a n d e a r t h w o r m s .

I u n d e r s t a n d s o m e p e o p l e a r e r e l u c t a n t t o f e e d t h e s e t h i n g s b u t I f i n d t h e b e n e f i t s o u t w e i g h t h e h a z a r d s , a n d i f t h i s m e a n s t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n s u c c e s s a n d f a i l u r e , t h e n w h a t w o u l d y o u d o ?

I n m y e x p e r i e n c e i t s e e m s t o b e m a i n l y c o c k s t h a t r e l i s h l i v e f o o d . T h e y t h e n p a s s t h i s o n t o t h e h e n s a n d a l s o t h e c h i c k s . W h a t p u z z l e s m e is h o w a t w o - i n c h - l o n g s l u g c a n b e s w a l l o w e d a n d b r o k e n d o w n i n t o m a n a g e a b l e p u l p f o r f e e d i n g t o c h i c k s i n a s m a l l p e r i o d o f t i m e .

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S o m e b i r d s h a v e a c r o p , s o m e d o n ' t ; s o m e e a t i n s e c t s , s o m e d o n ' t . S o m e n e e d t o b e f e d e v e r y h o u r a n d a v e r y s m a l l a m o u n t , s o m e d o n ' t . T h e n w e h a v e t o m a k e s u r e w e u n d e r s t a n d t h e b i r d w e ' r e h a n d - f e e d i n g a n d t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s i t n e e d s . T e m p e r a t u r e a n d h u m i d i t y a r e v e r y i m p o r t a n t i n s o m e b i r d s . A t w h a t a g e s h o u l d w e s t a r t h a n d - f e e d i n g ? T o t h o s e e x p e r i e n c e d b r e e d e r s w e d o n ' t h a v e a l u x u r y t o c h o o s e a t w h a t a g e w e s t a r t o r w h e n i s t h e b e s t t i m e . T h e r e a r e m a n y r e a s o n s p a r e n t s d o n ' t w a n t t o f e e d t h e b i r d ; p a r e n t s d i e , t o o m a n y i n t h e n e s t f o r p a r e n t s t o f e e d , a n d I ' m s u r e t h e y ' r e a f e w m o r e b u t y o u g e t t h e i d e a .

I h a v e h a n d - f e d m a n y b i r d s a n d m a n y t y p e s i n m y l i f e , f r o m o n e o f t h e s m a l l e s t ( S t r a w b e r r y F i n c h ) t o o n e o f t h e b i g g e s t , t h e M o l u c c a n C o c k a t o o . T o h a n d - f e e d t h e S t r a w b e r r y F i n c h I h a d t o u s e a p a i r o f m a g n i f y i n g g l a s s e s , t h e k i n d t h a t g o a r o u n d t h e h e a d , t o m a k e s u r e I c o u l d s e e t h e m o u t h o p e n i n g .

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W e p i c k e d u p t h e e g g a n d t h e b a b y C o n g o w i t h a s p o o n , a n d I b r o u g h t h i m h o m e . I c a m e p r e p a r e d ; I h a d a h e a t i n g p a d a n d i n c u b a t o r w i t h m e a n d I h a d a n o t h e r i n c u b a t o r a t h o m e r e a d y f o r t h e b i r d . I h a d t h e t e m p e r a t u r e a n d h u m i d i t y s e t a c o u p l e o f d a y s a h e a d t o m a k e s u r e i t w a s w o r k i n g n o r m a l .

F r o m t h a t m o m e n t o n i t w a s l i k e h a v i n g a c h i l d , m a k i n g s u r e i t w a s f e d , m a k i n g s u r e t h e u t e n s i l s w e r e d i s i n f e c t e d , m a k i n g s u r e t h e f o r m u l a w a s n o t t o o c o l d o r t o o h o t , m a k i n g s u r e y o u r h a n d s w e r e c l e a n a n d n o t t o t o u c h a n y t h i n g e l s e , e s p e c i a l l y a n o t h e r b i r d . B i r d s a t t h a t a g e a r e v e r y p r o n e t o d i s e a s e ; t h e r e i s v e r y l i t t l e i m m u n i t y t o a n y d i s e a s e a t t h a t a g e .

Y o u h a v e t o m a k e s u r e y o u a r e a t h o m e o n t i m e t o f e e d , e s p e c i a l l y t h e f i r s t f e w w e e k s , w h i c h a r e t h e m o s t c r i t i c a l . Y o u h a v e t o m a k e s u r e y o u k e e p c h e c k i n g t h e t e m p e r a t u r e a n d h u m i d i t y , a n d y o u h a v e t o d o i t q u i t e o f t e n . A f t e r y o u h a v e a r o u t i n e d o w n a n d s c h e d u l e s e t , t h e r e i s n o p r o b l e m o r r e a s o n w h y a n y o n e w o u l d n o t t r y , t h e m a i n t h i n g a g a i n , g e t t o k n o w t h e b i r d a n d t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s i t n e e d s . E v e r y b i r d a n d s p e c i e s is d i f f e r e n t , w h a t is g o o d f o r o n e m i g h t n o t b e g o o d f o r a n o t h e r , k e e p t h a t i n m i n d .

T h e r e w a r d s a r e b e y o n d a n y o n e ' s e x p e c t a t i o n . W h a t a t r e a t i t i s t o s e e t h e i r e y e s o p e n f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e , a n d y o u ' r e t h e r e t o s e e i t h a p p e n . T o t h e m y o u ' r e t h e w o r l d a n d p a r e n t , t h e y w i l l t r u s t y o u , b e l i e v e m e t h e y w i l l b o n d w i t h y o u . C a r e a n d l o v e i s a l l t h e y n e e d , n o f a n c y c a r s , h o u s e , b o a t s , m a k e u p , o r h a i r s t y l e — t h e y w i l l l o v e y o u a s y o u a r e a n d a s k f o r n o t h i n g i n r e t u r n .


T h e o l d e r t h e y g e t t h e m o r e l o v e t h e y n e e d . T h e y w i l l s h o w y o u a n d e x p l a i n t o y o u w h a t t h e y n e e d . W a t c h t h e i r r e a c t i o n s t o t h i n g s , t a k e a m o m e n t t o u n d e r s t a n d w h a t t h e y ' r e t r y i n g t o t e l l y o u , b e c a u s e t h e y ' r e a l w a y s t e l l i n g y o u s o m e t h i n g n e w .

T o t h o s e t h a t a r e n o t e x p e r i e n c e d i n h a n d - f e e d i n g a b i r d , y o u s h o u l d h a v e s o m e o n e s h o w y o u h o w t o h a n d - f e e d a b i r d . M a y b e t h e p e r s o n w h e r e y o u b o u g h t t h e b i r d w i l l l e t y o u k e e p i t t h e r e t i l l t h e b i r d i s w e a n e d , t h a n y o u c a n s t o p t h e r e a n d t r y t o h a n d - f e e d i t y o u r s e l f w h i l e t h e y w a t c h . Y o u n e e d t o l e a r n a f e w t h i n g s , h o w m u c h t o f e e d t h e b i r d a n d h o w o f t e n , h o w w a r m t h e f o r m u l a s h o u l d b e , a n d a t w h a t t e m p e r a t u r e a n d h u m i d i t y t h e i n c u b a t o r s h o u l d b e k e p t , i f n e e d b e . I ' m s u r e a f t e r a w h i l e y o u w i l l k n o w h o w .

T r y t o b o n d w i t h t h e b i r d a s s o o n a s p o s s i b l e . S h o w t h e m y o u r n e e d s a t a n e a r l y a g e . S h o w t h e m w h e n t o g o t o b e d , w h e n t o b e q u i e t , w h e n i t Is o k t o b e l o u d , a n d p o t t y t r a i n t h e b i r d . A t a n e a r l y a g e y o u c a n t e a c h t h e m a l m o s t a n y t h i n g , b e p a t i e n t a n d b e c o n s i s t e n t .

W o u l d I d o i t a g a i n ? Y e s , I w o u l d . I f e e l t h e r e is n o t h i n g m o r e r e w a r d i n g t h a n t o h a n d - f e e d y o u r o w n b i r d . Y o u w i l l g e t t o k n o w t h e b i r d ' s n e e d s a t a v e r y e a r l y a g e . E v e r y b i r d w i l l b e d i f f e r e n t , e v e n i f i t is t h e s a m e k i n d . J u s t l i k e h u m a n s , e v e r y o n e i s d i f f e r e n t i n t h e i r o w n w a y , b i r d s a r e t h e s a m e .

M y t r e a s u r e o f a h a n d - f e d b i r d w a s a D i a m o n d F i r e T a i l f r o m A u s t r a l i a , w h i c h I h a n d - f e d . T h e m o s t i n t e l l i g e n t b i r d I h a v e e v e r s e e n i n m y l i f e . H e d i d n ' t n e e d t o t a l k ; I k n e w w h a t h e w a n t e d b y h i s a c t i o n s , h e a l s o k n e w m i n e . I ' m s u r e s o m e o f y o u h a d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o s e e h i m a n d h o w m u c h h e l o v e d t o b e w i t h p e o p l e .

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Rampersaud, and Laura Watkins made judging this show fun. Thanks for your

help. Zebras and Societies were the bulk of the birds.

N F S S JOURNAL 1 8 JAN/FEB 2 0 1 3

2 0 1 2 N F S S S H O W R E P O R T S

J U N E 2 , 2 0 1 2

H e a r t o f I l l i n o i s B i r d C l u b P e k i n , I l l i n o i s

E N T R I E S : 3 3 E X H I B I T O R S : 2

J U D G E : K E N N E T H H . G U N B Y

A W A R D SPECIES B A N D N O . EXHIBITOR PTS.

1st Chestnut-breasted Mannikin EIA11G526 Susan Stieve 4 2nd Fawn-cheeked Zebra AOV NFS12D 3003 Susan Stieve 3

PB Yellow-backed Gouldian Susan Stieve 2 4th Normal Shaftail NFS11C0368 Susan Stieve 1

BH Normal Gouldian Cock Jeff Cast 6th Masked Grassfinch Susan Stieve 7th Euro Chocolate Society SCFS11 335 Susan Stieve 8th Pearl Japanese Society EIA-09 242 Susan Stieve gth Euro Finch (Fife Canary) AOV 0918 Susan Stieve

10th Australian Cherry Finch Pair KJ724/NFS4617 Susan Stieve

UNFLIGHTED Fawn-cheeked Zebra AOV NFS12D 3003 Susan Stieve JUDGE'S COMMENTS ; Great show.

M a r c h 1 8 , 2 0 1 2 T r e a s u r e C o a s t E x o t i c B i r d C l u b

S t u a r t , F l o r i d a E N T R I E S : 3 7 E X H I B I T O R S : 9

J U D G E : A N N E T T E J . H O W A R D

A W A R D SPECIES B A N D N O . EXHIBITOR PTS.

1st OH Dilute Gouldian Raul Morales 7

2nd Normal Shaftail Raul Morales 6

Red-winged Pytilia Pair Luis Garcia 4th BH Normal Gouldian Cock Felipe Baldez 5th Grey Zebra Cock Felipe Bonilla 6th Peach Dove Ron/Carrie Castaner 2 7'h Masked Raul Morales 1 8th Florida ̂ ancy Zebra Alexander Villarreal gth Red-eared Waxbill Luis Garcia

10th Rosey-rumped Waxbill Ron/Carrie Castaner JUDGE'S COMMENTS: This is the third show for this club and it is getting better and better. Very nice birds, friendly people, large number of vendors, and lots of free good food. I can't wait until next year's show. Good job.

JAN/FEB 2 0 1 3 1 9 N F S S JOURNAL

2 0 1 2 N F S S S H O W R E P O R T S S E P T E M B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 2

E s s e x - K e n t C a g e B i r d S o c i e t y W i n d s o r , O n t a r i o , C a n a d a

E N T R I E S : 1 0 6 E X H I B I T O R S : 1 0

J U D G E : C L A R E N C E C U L W E L L

AWARD SPECIES BAND NO. EXHIBITOR PTS.

1 " RH Gouldian AAC11D2198 Julie Lawson 9 2nd Normal Grey Zebra Cock AAC12E 563 Peter VanErp

3"" Gold-breast Waxbills Pair AAC12A2403 Vince Moase 7

4th Blue Grey Tanager Mike/Elaine Manley 6 5'h RH Gouldian IFB12D 185 Julie Lawson 5

6th Chestnut-flanked Zebra AAC12E Peter VanErp 7th Chestnut-breasted Mannikin AAC12D608 Vince Moase 3

gth Black/Brown Sxiety AAC10D928 Mike/Elaine Manley 2 gth White-eye Zostrop Mike/Elaine Manley 1

10'h Blue WB Gouldian AAC12E 515 Elizabeth G. McDonald

UNFLIGHTED Normal Grey Zebra AAC12E 515 Peter VanErp

NOVICE Normal Grey Zebra Greg Sword

JUDGE'S COMMENTS : There were many excellent birds. Very good quality.

S E P T E M B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 2

N a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t e o f R e d O r a n g e C a n a r i e s W e s t c h e s t e r , I l l i n o i s


J U D G E : M A R T H A W I G M O R E

AWARD SPECIES BAND NO. ExHierTOR P T S .

1 " Normal RH Gouldian Hen Susan Stieve 8 2nd Normal Pied Zebra Cock NFS11E0522 Bob Peers 7

3'd Green Singing Finch Cock Susan Stieve 6

4th Fawn Zebra Hen NFS12E 0935 Susan Stieve 5 5th Red-headed Parrot Finch 4

6th Green Singing Finch Hen NFS09 Fumi Takeda 3

7th Crimson Pileated Bob Peers 2

8th Self Chocolate Society NFS11 Fumi Takeda 1 gth Shaftail Cock Bob Peers 10th Dilute Gouldian Cxk Susan Stieve

UNFLIGHTED Fawn Zebra Hen NFS12E0935 Susan Stieve

JUDGE'S COMMENTS: W O W ! Outstanding top 10. Dedicated group, steeped in the tradit ion of NFSS and in love wi th showing. Thank you so much.

N F S S JOURNAL 2 2 JAN/FEB 2 0 1 3


O C T O B E R 6 , 2 0 1 2 C o l o r b r e d C a n a r y C l u b o f N e w Y o r k

B r o o k l y n , N e w Y o r k E N T R I E S : 7 3 E X H I B I T O R S : 1 0

J U D G E : L A U R A T I N K E R


Normal RH Gouldian FCC12 952 Hiram Rampersaud 7 2«d Normal RH Gouldian FCC12 971 Hiram Rampersaud 6 3rd Normal Grey Zebra MAN11865 Jose Urrutia 4.h Red-faced Parrot Finch GS11 437 Manuel Rodrigues 5th Normal RH Gouldian FCC11 065 Hiram Rampersaud 3 6th Gold-breasted Waxbill FCC11 Hiram Rammpersaud 2 7th White Zebra Hen COH1178 Bob Vargo 8th Normal Grey Zebra ???11 18 Jose Urrutia 9th Self Chocolate Society FCC12 80 Hiram Rampersaud

1 0 * South American Seedeater FCC FazllAli

UNFLIGHTED Normal RH Gouldian FCC12 952 Hiram Rampersaud

JUDGE'S COMMENTS : Some strong Gouldian Finches today. Very few Society Finches.

Lots of European Goldfinches but condition was lacking a bit. Nice size show.

O C T O B E R 6 , 2 0 1 2 F o r t W o r t h B i r d C l u b

A z i e , T e x a s E N T R I E S : 1 1 1 E X H I B I T O R S : 7

J U D G E : L A U R A B E W L E Y

A W A R D SPECIES B A N D N O . EXHIBITOR P T S . 1*1 Chestnut Society NFS12D627 Cheryl Bums 9 2nd Normal Gray Zebra NFS12E 360 Stephani Spruill 8

3"* Purple Grenadier NFS12C1331 Sally Porter 7 4th Chocolate Self Society NFS12 6211 Tom McWhirter 6

5 * Chestnut Society NFS11D1541 Cheryl Bums 5

6 * Normal Grey Zebra Stephani Spruill 4 7th Saffron Cheryl Bums 3

8 * Chocolate Self Society Pair Clarence Culwell 2 gth Chestnut Zebra Pair Clarence Culwell 1

1 0 * Self e t io la te Society Clarence Culwell UNFLIGHTED Chestnut Society NFS12D627 Cheryl Bums

NOVICE Purple Grenadier NFS12C Sally Porter

JUDGE'S COMMENTS : Great show. There were 66 Societies all in great shape and several good Zebras. This is a wonderful show to attend. You will have good birds to compete wi th and great Texas.



O C T O B E R 1 2 , 2 0 1 2 K i n g s C o u n t y C a n a r y C l u b

B r o o k l y n , N e w Y o r k E N T R I E S : 6 5 E X H I B I T O R S :

J U D G E : N I Z A M A L I

1 0


Euro Sxiety NFS 059 Orlan Remorca 7

2nd African Red-head NEC 421 FasilAli 3rd RH Gouldian Hiram Rampersaud 5 4th European Goldfinch KCC11 Keniss Marshall 5 * Saffron Finch Manuel Rodrigues 6 * BH Green Siskin KCC Keniss Msrshal! 7 *

8 * South American Seedeater Red-headed Parrot Finch

Joseph Yee Manuel Rodrigues

9 * Mutation Shaftail NYC 912 FasilAli 1 0 * Euro Siskin NEC 3201 Bert McLeod

JNFLIGHTED RH Gouldian Hiram Rampersaud NOVICE Normal Shaftail Cayo Quinalia

JUDGE'S COMMENTS : Congratulations to the exhibitors. Very nice turnout. Great, outstanding top Society. Some Saffron Finches were lacking a bit in condit ion.

O C T O B E R 1 3 , 2 0 1 2 S u n c o a s t C a n a r y a n d F i n c h C l u b

P u n t a G o r d a , F l o r i d a E N T R I E S : 1 7 8 E X H I B I T O R S : 1 4

J U D G E : A L F R E D O B R U G U E R A S

AWARD

1 " 2nd

4th

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7th

8 *

gth

1 0 *

UNFLIGHTED

JUNIOR

NOVICE

BAND NO. SPECIES

Coubassoo Shaftail White Java Rice Silver Java Rice Green Singing Finch Cherry Finch Normal Zebra OH Gouldian

Gold-breasted Waxbill, pair Dilute Gouldian, pair Normal Zebra White Java White Java

JUDGE'S COMMENTS : Excellent group of birds. Well condit ioned, well presented, and also an excellent club. Exhibitors were very attentive and inquisitive. Enjoyed the show very much.

NFS12D2163 NFS11D0561

NFS12D2163

EXHIBITOR

Josue Carrasquillo Jasue Carrasquillo Brandon Garcia Raul Morales Tom Pounker Luis Garcia Alexander Villarreal Raul Morales Luis Garcia Raul Morales Alexander Villarreal Brandon Garcia Brandon Garcia

PTS.

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O C T O B E R 2 0 , 2 0 1 2 C a s c a d e C a n a r y B r e e d e r s A s s o c i a t i o n

M o n r o e , W a s h i n g t o n E N T R I E S : 3 7 E X H I B I T O R S : 5

J U D G E : L A U R A B E W L E Y

AWARD SPECIES Silver Self Society

2nd Firefinch Cock 3«i OH Normal Gouldian 4th Normal Grey Zebra Cxk S^^ Firefinch Cock 6* Fawn Zebra Cock 7th Red Brown Society Cock 8 * Diamond Dove Cock 9th Cutthroat Cock

1 0 * OH PB Gouldian Cock UNFLIGHTED Silver Self Society

NOVICE OH Normal Gniildian

BAND NO. NFS12D 4130

NFS11D7818

NFS12D4132

NFS12D 5003 NFS12D4130

EXHIBITOR

Ivan Montes Nina Rapp Kaye Simeon Kaye Simeon Nina Rapp Susan Dickson Ivan Montes Doug White Doug White Kaye Simeon Ivan Montes

NFS11D7818 Kaye Simeon

PTS. 4

2

1

JUDGE'S COMMENTS : Many young birds in very good condition were shown. I enjoyed some wonderful Fire Finches well-trained for show and in great condit ion. The Society Finches had great rich color and nice conformation. It was nice to see a large group of Orange-headed Gouldlans. Very nice show.

O C T O B E R 2 0 , 2 0 1 2

G r e a t e r K a n s a s C i t y A v i c u i t u r a i S o c i e t y G r a n d v i e w , M i s s o u r i


J U D G E : L A U R A T I N K E R

AWARD SPECIES BAND No. EXHIBITOR

V RH PB Normal Gouldian Cxk Levi Campbell 2nd CP CO Zebra Hen Shaina Boatright

Green Barbara Roberts 4 * Chestnut Self Sxiety Old Shaina Boatright 5 * YH PB GB STB Gouldian Cxk Katie Goens 6th Fawn Society Shaina Boatright 7 * OH Dilute Gouldian Barbara Roberts 8 * RH PB SPY Gouldian Cock Katie Goens 9th Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu Katie Goens

1 0 * Chestnut Self Sxiety Young Shaina Boatright UNFLIGHTED YH PB GB STB Gouldian Cxk Katie Gxns

NOVICE RH PB Normal Gouldian Cxk Levi Campbell

JUDGE'S COMMENTS : This show consisted of four novice exhibitors who showed some lovely birds. Best in Show was a well-deserving Gouldian that will do well in larger shows. Congratulations exhibitors!

JAN/FEB 2 0 1 3 2 5 NFSS JOURNAL


O C T O B E R 2 0 , 2 0 1 2 S o c i e t y o f C a n a r y a n d F i n c h B r e e d e r s o f M i c h i g a n

L i v o n i a , M i c h i g a n E N T R I E S : 1 0 2 E X H I B I T O R S : 1 2

J U D G E : V I N C E N T M . M O A S E


1 " FH Gouldian Hen Kristen Reeves 9 2nd White Zebra Hen Bob Peers 8

Plumhead Cock Susan Stieve 7 4th Normal Zebra Cxk Bob Peers 6

5 * FawnAAftiite Sxiety Kristen Reeves 5

6 * BH Gouldian Cock Kristen Reeves 4 7th Euro Goldfixh Joe Gaglio 3

8 * BH Dilute Gouldian Cock NFS12D 72 Kristen Reeves 2 gth Crimson Pileated Cxk Rebecca Mike! 1

1 0 * Green Singing Finch Cock Susan Stieve UNFLIGHTED BH Dilute Gouldian Cock NFS12D72 Kristen Reeves

NOVICE Star Fixh Cxk Steven Stapleton

JUDGE'S COMMENTS : Nice section of birds and good audience. A good day to judge.

O C T O B E R 2 7 , 2 0 1 2 C e n t r a l C a l i f o r n i a C a g e B i r d C l u b

M o d e s t o , C a l i f o r n i a E N T R I E S : 2 9 E X H I B I T O R S : 3

J U D G E : S A L L Y C . H U N T I N G T O N

AWARD SPECIES BAND No. EXHIBITOR PTS.

1«« Penguin Zebra Roy Bxkham 3

2nd Cherry Head Roy Bxkham 2

Black-cheeked Zebra NFS12E 1559 Janet Edmonds 1

4 * Cutthroat NFS12D 11195 Laura Watkins 5th Timor Roy Bxkham

6th Shaftail MFS09D 13854 Laura Watkins 7th Silverbill Roy Bxkham

8 * Star Roy Bxkham

9 * CC Zebra Roy Bxkham

10* Fawn/White Sxiety NFS10C156 Laura Watkins

UNFLIGHTED Black-cheeked Zebra NFS12E156 Laura Watkins

JUDGE'S COMMENTS : A small show but excellent birds, over half were Zebras.



O C T O B E R 2 7 , 2 0 1 2 C h e s t e r C o u n t y B i r d C l u b

E x t o n , P e n n s y l v a n i a E N T R I E S : 3 7 E X H I B I T O R S : 7



1st Fawn Self Sxiety FCC908 12 Hiram Rampersaud 4 2nd Shaftail Leslie Huegerich 3

3rd Consort Canary Cinnamon Variegated

249 2 Abe Ogir

4th Chestnut NFS02 556 Hiram Rampersaud 1 5th Normal Zebra Hen FCC946 Hiram Rampersaud 6th OH PBNB Gouldian Cock Steven Funk 7th Cutthroat Steven Funk

8th Variegated Canary Cock 18411 Abe Ogir gth Grey/Black Society DKBL Allison Benny

10th Shaftail Pair Steven Funk

JUDGE'S COMMENTS : Great show. Nice birds.

N O V E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 2 T e x a s B i r d B r e e d e r s a n d F a n c i e r s A s s o c i a t i o n

T e m p l e , T e x a s E N T R I E S : 9 0 E X H I B I T O R S : 1 0

J U D G E : C L A R E N C E C U L W E L L

R E G I O N 4 S H O W H O S T : D O U B L E P O I N T S

AWARD SPECIES BAND NO. EXHIBITOR PTS. 1st Chxolate Self Society Pair NFS09D 6275/76 Cheryl/Leland Bums 14 2nd BH WB Gouldian George 3rd Fawn Society NFS12D 639 Cheryl/Leland Bums 10 4th Fawn Java Brianna Morrison/ 8

Kim White 6 5th Saffron Cheryl/Leland Bums 4 6th Chestnut Society NFS12D 687 Cheryl/Leland Bums 7th Red-headed Parrot Finch Kenneth Stephens 8th ^ , Green Singing Finch Alfredo Brugueron gth White Java Rice Brianna Morrison/

Kim White 10th Cherry Finch NFS10D1628 Brianna Morrison

Unflighted Fawn Sxiety NFS12D 689 Cheryl/Leland Bums Novice Red-headed Parrot Finch Kenneth Stephens

JUDGE'S COMMENTS : None



O C T O B E R 2 0 , 2 0 1 2 B a l t i m o r e B i r d F a n c i e r s

B a l t i m o r e , M a r y l a n d E N T R I E S : 3 7 E X H I B I T O R S : 8

J U D G E : N I Z A M A L I


1 " R H Gouldian H i r a m R a m p e r s a u d 4 2nd Owl F inch T i f fany Park 3 3rd Cutthroat F inch S t e v e n F u n k 2 4th Sel f Chocniate Society Hi ram R a m p e r s a u d 1

Maig Zeba Hiram R a m p e r s a u d 6th Cordon Bleu A b r a h a m Ogir 7th W h i t e D o v e Hen S t e p h a n i e Lopez gth N o r m a l Shaftai l S t e v e n F u n k 9th B H W B G n i i l d i a n S t e v e n F u n k

Gouldian Pair S t e v e n Funk UNFLIGHTED R H Gouldian H i r a m R a m p e r s a u d

JUDGE'S COMMENTS: C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o a l l e x h i b i t o r s . V e r y s t r o n g A u s t r a l i a n F i n c h e s . E x c e l l e n t c o n d i t i o n o n R H G o u l d i a n .

J U N E 1 - 3 , 2 0 1 2 A s o c i a c l o n d e C r i a d o r e s d e F i n c h e s

C a g u a s , P u e r t o R i c o E N T R I E S : 3 1 4 E X H I B I T O R S : 2 0

J U D G E : B O B P E E R S

AWARD SPECIES BAND NO. EXHIBITOR 1st Zebra N o r m a l Grey Cock A C F 1 1 D 0 6 5 Car los Mendez 2nd B H P B S B Gouldian A C F 1 0 D 1 6 9 R a m o n C o l o n

B H G B P B Gouldian A C F 1 0 D 2 6 0 Burico Vidal 4th Zebra F a w n Cock A C F 1 2 D 502 R a m o n C o l o n 5* Zebra N o r m a l Grey Hen A C F 1 2 D 862 Car los Mendez 6th Society Black B r o w n A C F 1 0 C 1926 Hiram Mora les 7th B H P B Y e l l o w Dilute Gouldian N F S 1 1 D 0 9 4 R a m o n C o l o n 8th B H W B BB Gouldian A C F 1 1 D 3 8 7 Pedro F lores gth B H G B P B Gould ian N F S 1 1 D 1 1 0 8 J u a n Al icea

10'' ' Society C r e a m i n o N F S 1 1 C 2 1 6 G e r m a n Ale jandro UNFLIGHTED Zebra F a w n Cock A C F 1 2 D 502 R a m o n C o l o n

JUNIOR Zebra P h a e o A C F 1 1 D 1 9 3 6 Eddie Coss, Jr. NOVICE Zebra C F W C o c k A C F 1 0 D 6 1 3 P e d r o L. H e m a n d e z

JUDGE'S COMMENTS: N o n e



O C T O B E R 1 3 , 2 0 1 2 C a n a r y a n d F i n c h S o c i e t y

H o u s t o n , T e x a s E N T R I E S : 7 7 E X H I B I T O R S : 6 7

J U D G E : B O B P E E R S

AWARD SPECIES BAND NO. EXHIBITOR 1st Chestnut Se l f Society N F S 1 1 E ? Chery l B u m s 2nd R H N o r m a l Gouldian Jan Doak

N o r m a l Zebra Hen Jan Doak 4th C F W Zebra N F S 1 2 F 2 5 2 Br ianna Morr i son 5* Cherry Finch N F S 1 2 E 307 Br ianna Morr i son 6* Chestnut Sel f S x i e t y N F S 1 2 D 662 Cheryl B u m s 7th S a f f r o n F inch Chery l B u m s 8* B H Gouldian George B u m s 9* Chestnut Se l f S x i e t y 1538 T o m M c W h i r t e r

10'h W h i t e - e y e Debbie E a t r o n JNFLIGHTED C F S Zebra N F S 1 2 F 3 5 3 Br ianna M o r r i s o n

NOVICE ? George Mart in JUDGE'S COMMENTS: G r e a t g r o u p o f S o c i e t i e s . W h a t a g r e a t c l u b ; v e r y h o s p i t a b l e a n d j u s t a l o t o f f u n t o b e a r o u n d .

N O V E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 2 C o l u m b i a C a n a r y C l u b

V a n c o u v e r , W a s h i n g t o n E N T R I E S : 3 7 E X H I B I T O R S : ?

J U D G E : B O B P E E R S R E G I O N 5 S H O W H O S T : D O U B L E P O I N T S

AWARD SPECIES BAND NO. EXHIBITOR PTS. 1.t Red-bil led Firef inch M a l e Nina Rapp 2nd Red S isk in C x k l i e 2 7 8 1 Paula H a n s e n 6

Chestnut- f lanked Cock 11D 1989 Dezirae Lord 4 4th Si lverbi l l F a y e S i lverste in

Gouldian Di lute 10D 7 9 0 8 Shir ley Perk ins 6th Black and W h i t e Seedeater P a u l a H a n s e n 7th Dilute F a w n Society 11D 10573 Dez i rae Lord 8th N o r m a l Java R ice Finch Cock Katie Kramer gth ^ w n W h i t e Soc iety 1 1 D 1 9 8 2 Dez i rae Lord

IQth Brazi l ian Cardinals Pa ir Paula H a n s e n UNFLIGHTED W h i t e and Chocolate S x i e t y 12D Dez i rae Lord

NOVICE N o r m a l Java Rice F i x h C x k Katie Kramer JUNIOR Chestnut- f lanked 11D 1989 Dezirae Lord

JUDGE'S COMMENTS: W o n d e r f u l c o l l e c t i o n o f b i r d s . N i c e S o u t h A m e r i c a n s a n d A f r i c a n s . G r e a t c l u b t h a t r e a l l y m a d e m e w e l c o m e . T h a n k s .



N O V E M B E R 3 - 4 , 2 0 1 2

A s o c i a c i o n d e C r i a d o r e s d e F i n c h e s

C a g u a s , P u e r t o R i c o

E N T R I E S : 3 6 8 E X H I B I T O R S : 2 4



AWARD SPECIES BAND NO. EXHIBITOR 1st F a w n Cock Zebra R a m o n C o l o n 2nd R H W B G B Gouldian H i r a m Mora les

R H W B GB Gouldian Hector T o z a d o 4th N o r m a l Grey C x k R a m o n C o l o n S'" Zebra Pair H i r a m M o r a l e s 6'h B H P B G B Gouldian Rur ico A. V ida l 7th Chocolate Soc iety R a m o n C o l o n

Grey Zebra Hen G e r m a n Ale jandro 9th F a w n Zebra Hen G e r m a n Ale jandro

IQth B H P P G B J u a n Nieves JUDGE'S COMMENTS: N o n e

N O V E M B E R 1 3 , 2 0 1 2

G r e a t e r C h i c a g o C a g e B i r d C l u b

J o l i e t , I l l i n o i s


J U D G E : J E R R I C . W I E S E N F E L D


AWARD SPECIES BAND NO. EXHIBITOR PTS. 1st Green Singing F inch S u s a n S t i e v e 14

2nd Shafta i l Kr isten R e e v e s 12 3rd R H Gouldian N F S 1 2 D 4 7 6 2 S u s a n St i ieve • 10 4th Isabel Zebra S u s a n St ieve 8 5th Purple Star l ing Jul ia Howard 6th O H Gouldian S u s a n St ieve 4 7th Dilute F a w n Society Dennis Burhaus 2 gth Green Singing F inch C h a r l i e s . gth Fawn-cheeked Zebra S u s a n St ieve

10th R H Gouldian H e n S u s a n St ieve Unflighted R H Gouldian N F S 1 2 D 4 7 6 2 S u s a n St ieve

JUDGE'S COMMENTS: W e h a d a v e r y n i c e g r o u p o f b i r d s a t t h i s s h o w ; v e r y n i c e , i n d e e d ! I t w a s g r e a t t o s e e G r e e n F i n c h e s a n d E u r o p e a n G o l d f i n c h e s , t o o . T h e S h a f t a i l w a s a b s o l u t e l y s t u n n i n g ; h o w e v e r , o n l y " o n e " c a n t a k e f i r s t p l a c e . T h e l i t t l e G r e e n S i n g i n g F i n c h w a s a g r e a t e x a m p l e o f t h e N F S S S t a n d a r d . G r e a t w o r k e x h i b i t o r s !


2012 I^ational Cage B i r d Show Highlights 6y ^Becca M i ^ C

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, WAS THE HOME OF THE 6 4 ™ A n n u a l N a t i o n a l C a g e B i r d S h o w , s p e c i f i c a l l y t h e M i l l e n n i u m H o t e l i n t h e d o w n t o w n a r e a — j u s t a c r o s s t h e s t r e e t f r o m t h e b e a u t i f u l S t . L o u i s A r c h . E x h i b i t o r s b e g a n a r r i v i n g a s e a r l y a s W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g a n d b y T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g t h e l o b b y w a s f i l l e d w i t h b i r d s i n c a g e s , e x h i b i t o r s , s u i t c a s e s , a n d b e l l h o p s r u n n i n g i n s e v e r a l d i r e c t i o n s .

T h e d i s t a n c e s s o m e o f t h e e x h i b i t o r s d r o v e t o b e a p a r t o f t h i s e v e n t w a s t r e m e n d o u s ! L a u r a W a t k i n s a n d J a n e t E d m o n d s c a m e f r o m C a l i f o r n i a — 3 0 h o u r s ! D a n n y M a l d o n a d o a n d K e n R a m p e r s a u d f r o m N e w Y o r k — p r o b a b l y a b o u t t h e s a m e a m o u n t o f t i m e ; V i n c e a n d K e n d r a M o a s e , a l o n g w i t h R i c k i G a s k i n , c a m e f r o m C a n a d a ; G i n n y A l l e n w a s f r o m s o u t h e r n A l a b a m a ; a n d V i n c e a n d S a l l y H u n t i n g t o n d r o v e f r o m C a l i f o r n i a a l s o . I ' m s u r e t h e r e a r e s e v e r a l m o r e t h a t d r o v e a s f a r , o r f a r t h e r , b u t t h e s e a r e j u s t a f e w t h a t c o m e t o m i n d .

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I w o u l d l i k e t o t h a n k a l l e x h i b i t o r s f o r b r i n g i n g s o m e w o n d e r f u l b i r d s t o t h e s h o w . W e h a d a n i c e v a r i e t y i n e a c h s e c t i o n . O v e r a l l t h e b i r d s w e r e i n g r e a t c o n d i t i o n a n d c o m p e t i t i o n w a s t o u g h . T h e s o f t b i l l s e c t i o n c o n t a i n e d s o m e b e a u t i f u l b i r d s r a n g i n g f r o m a v e r y s m a l l B l u e D a c r l s t o a T o u c a n e t t e o n g u a r d t o g e t a t a s t e o f a n y o n e ' s f i n g e r t h a t c a m e c l o s e e n o u g h .

A P e k i n R o b i n w o n t h e s e c t i o n , t h e n p l a c e d 2"*^ i n t h e s h o w . I t p o s s e s s e d g l o w i n g c o n d i t i o n a n d e x t r e m e r e s t r a i n t t o c o n t r o l i t s e n e r g y i n s i d e t h e s h o w b o x . S a l l y H u n t i n g t o n , b r e e d e r a n d e x h i b i t o r o f t h i s b e a u t i f u l b i r d , w o u l d b e s o m e o n e t o c o u n c i l w i t h o n g e t t i n g y o u r b i r d s i n w i n n i n g s h a p e .

T h e Z e b r a s e c t i o n i n c l u d e d b e a u t i f u l c o l o r m u t a t i o n s : b l a c k - c h e e k e d , b l a c k -b r e a s t e d , c h e s t n u t - f l a n k e d w h i t e , o r a n g e - b r e a s t e d , a n d p i e d , t o n a m e a f e w . T h e r e w a s a n i m p r e s s i v e c r e s t o n o n e l i t t l e C r e s t e d F a w n Z e b r a t h a t p l a c e d 1 0 * ^ i n s h o w . I t d i s p l a y e d t h e b e a u t i f u l d e p t h o f c o l o r a b l a c k - c h e e k e d c a n h a v e . T h e n o r m a l z e b r a s a n d a n i c e l y m a r k e d p i e d h a d g o o d c o n f o r m a t i o n , b u t t h e z e b r a t o b e a t w a s S a l l y a n d V i n c e H u n t i n g t o n ' s l i g h t b a c k . T h e b i r d w a s u n b e a t a b l e w i t h s p o t o n c o n d i t i o n , v e r y n i c e e v e n n e s s o f c o l o r , a n d w e l l - d e f i n e d m a r k i n g s . T h e c a g e t r a i n i n g a n d s t a m i n a s h o w n b y t h i s b i r d e n a b l e d h i m t o s h o w o f f h i s b e s t a s s e t s a n d w i n B e s t i n S h o w .

T h e G o u l d i a n s s h o w n d i d n o t d i s a p p o i n t u s w i t h t h e i r c o l o r , c o n d i t i o n , a n d s i z e . T h e r e w e r e a g o o d n u m b e r o f t h e m s h o w n w i t h a n o r m a l R e d - h e a d e d G o u l d i a n c o c k e x h i b i t e d b y J u l i e L a w s o n t a k i n g t h e s e c t i o n w i t h a b o d y s i z e v e r y c l o s e t o t h e d e s i r e d SVi i n c h e s a n d e x c e l l e n t c o n d i t i o n . O v e r a l l t h e G o u l d i a n s s e e m e d r a t h e r n e r v o u s i n t h e s h o w b o x e s a n d w o u l d h a v e d o n e b e t t e r i n t h e s h o w h a d t h e y h a d b e t t e r d e p o r t m e n t . W h e n y o u a r e t h a t b e a u t i f u l y o u s h o u l d n e v e r f e a r t h e s t a g e .


I n t h e O t h e r A u s t r a l i a n F i n c h e s s e c t i o n w e h a d t h e t r e a t t o v i e w a g r o u p o f C h e r r y F i n c h e s ( P l u m - h e a d s ) d i s p l a y i n g t h e i r m u t e d b u t s t r i k i n g c o l o r a t i o n , s o m e v e r y n i c e C h e s t n u t - b r e a s t e d M a n n i k i n s a n d M a s k e d G r a s s F i n c h e s b u t w h i c h w e r e a l l o v e r p o w e r e d b y a n o r m a l S h a f t a i l . E x h i b i t e d b y V i n c e M o a s e o f C a n a d a , t h e S h a f t a i l w a s i m m a c u l a t e a s w e e x p e c t o n e t o b e b u t a l s o e x h i b i t e d n i c e s t a n c e a n d d e m e a n o r . I t s b e s t a s s e t t h o u g h w a s i t s c o n f o r m a t i o n . O n e o f t h e M a s k e d G r a s s F i n c h e s i n t h i s s e c t i o n s a n g h i s h e a r t o u t o n t h e s h o w b e n c h t r y i n g h i s b e s t t o c a t c h o u r a t t e n t i o n . L a t e r , I f o u n d o u t h e h a d t o s i n g f o r h i s s u p p e r a t V i n c e H u n t i n g t o n ' s a n d w a s j u s t w o r k i n g h i s m a g i c v o i c e t o s e e w h a t h e c o u l d g e t .

T h e I n d o - P a c i f i c s e c t i o n g a v e u s a c h a n c e t o v i e w s o m e o u t s t a n d i n g b i r d s w i t h a R e d - h e a d e d P a r r o t F i n c h a n d L u t i n o R e d - h e a d e d P a r r o t F i n c h t o p p i n g t h e s e c t i o n . A n i c e g r o u p o f S p i c e F i n c h e s , a W h i t e - h o o d e d N u n , a n d s o m e F o r b e s P a r r o t F i n c h e s w e r e a l s o a t r e a t t o v i e w i n t h i s s e c t i o n . T h e b i r d s h e r e f a c e d s o m e c o n d i t i o n a n d d e p o r t m e n t c h a l l e n g e s b u t t h e R e d - h e a d e d P a r r o t F i n c h e x h i b i t e d b y L i s a M u r p h y t o w e r e d o v e r t h e o t h e r s w i t h v e r y n i c e c o n d i t i o n a n d i n t e n s e c o l o r t o p l a c e 7^^ i n s h o w .

T h e S o c i e t y F i n c h e s w e r e d e l i g h t f u l . T h e s e l f - c o l o r e d A m e r i c a n s o c i e t i e s d o m i n a t e d t h e S o c i e t y F i n c h s e c t i o n a n d a n A m e r i c a n S e l f F a w n w o n t h e s e c t i o n w i t h g o o d c o n d i t i o n , e v e n n e s s a n d d e p t h o f c o l o r , o u t s t a n d i n g c o n f o r m a t i o n a n d a w i l l t o w i n ( O r s o m e w o u l d s a y g o o d d e p o r t m e n t . ) . T h i s b i r d , b r e d a n d s h o w n b y C h e r y l B u r n s , w e n t o n t o p l a c e 4^*^ i n s h o w . T h e r e w a s a p o w e r f u l E u r o p e a n G o l d f i n c h c o m p e t i n g a m o n g a f e w o t h e r G o l d f i n c h e s t h a t s t o l e t h e E u r o p e a n F i n c h e s s e c t i o n a n d p l a c e d 6*^ b e s t i n s h o w . T h e b i r d n o t o n l y h a d g o o d c o n f o r m a t i o n a n d e x c e l l e n t c o l o r i t d i s p l a y e d g o o d d e p o r t m e n t .

T h e r e w e r e s o m e o t h e r f i n e b i r d s i n t h i s s e c t i o n s u c h a s n o r m a l a n d c i n n a m o n G r e e n f i n c h e s . T h e F i n c h e s o f A f r i c a s e c t i o n b r o u g h t c o l o r a n d v a r i e t y t o t h e s h o w . A B l a c k - b e l l i e d F i r e f i n c h w a s a s p e c i a l t r e a t t o s e e , a s w a s a c o u p l e o f P u r p l e G r e n a d i e r s . A P a r a d i s e W h y d a h w a s s h o w n d i s p l a y i n g h i s g r a c e f u l m o v e m e n t w i t h a 1 2 - i n c h l o n g t a l l . A l t h o u g h n o b i r d s f r o m t h i s s e c t i o n p l a c e d i n t h e t o p 1 0 i n s h o w , s e v e r a l o f t h e s e b i r d s c o u l d t a k e b e s t i n s h o w o n a n o t h e r d a y w i t h s o m e r e s t a n d c o n d i t i o n i n g .

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QTY AWARDS COST S/H for each TOTAL

T o p 1 0 Rosettes and Best Unfl ighted $ 3 0 . 0 0 $ 9 . 5 0

Judge's A w a r d $ 6 . 0 0 $ 2 . 6 5

Y o u t h Award $ 4 . 0 0 $ 2 . 6 5

Novice A w a r d $ 4 , 0 0 $ 2 . 6 5

Unflighted Add-on 2^ $ 4 . 0 0 $ 2 . 6 5

Unflighted Add-on Z'^ $ 4 . 0 0 $ 2 . 6 5

1st in Sect ion $ 2 . 0 0 $ 2 . 6 5

2™J in Sect ion $ 2 . 0 0 $ 2 . 6 5

3"^ In Sect ion $ 2 . 0 0 $ 2 . 6 5

l ^ t i n Class {Set of 2 5 ) $ 8 . 0 0 $ 9 . 5 0

(All 3 Sets) 2^ in Class (Set of 2 5 ) $ 8 . 0 0 $ 9 . 5 0 (All 3 Sets)

Z"^ in Class (Set of 2 5 ) $ 8 . 0 0

$ 9 . 5 0 (All 3 Sets)

l^t, 2"d , a n d S^^'in Class (All 3 ) $ 2 8 . 0 0 $ 9 . 0 0

Postal Insurance - Optional

$ 0 . 0 1 t o $ 5 0 = $ 1 . 7 5 • $ 5 0 . 0 1 to $ 1 0 0 = $ 2 . 2 5 • $ 1 0 0 . 0 1 t o $ 2 0 0 = $ 2 . 7 5

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QTY All plaques shipped priority mail with delivery conflrmation-l

COST each S/H for each TOTAL

Single P laque $ 2 8 . 0 0 $ 9 . 0 0

2 t o 4 P laques $ 2 8 . 0 0 $ 1 3 . 0 0

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N F S S A F F I L I A T E D C L U B S AFFILIATE/AWARDS DIRECTOR: JODY LEWIS

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Clubs: N a m e , c o m p l e t e a d d r e s s , w e b s i t e • c o n t a c t p e r s o n n a m e , a d d r e s s , p h o n e , e - m a i l • m e e t i n g d a t e , t i m e , l o c a t i o n • a n y o t h e r p e r t i n e n t i n f o r m a t i o n .

Club Events: C l u b n a m e , c o m p l e t e a d d r e s s , a n d w e b s i t e • e v e n t d a t e , t i m e , l o c a t i o n , j u d g e s ( i f a v a i l a b l e ) • p e r s o n , n a m e , a d d r e s s , t e l e p h o n e , e - m a i l • a n y o t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e e v e n t .

FROM THE EDITOR: P l e a s e r e p l y t o a l l c o r r e s p o n d e n c e r e c e i v e d w i t h r e q u e s t s f o r i n f o r m a t i o n . I f y o u r c l u b i n f o r m a t i o n is n o t i n t h e j o u r n a l o r i s i n c o m p l e t e , a s k y o u r c o n t a c t p e r s o n i f t h e y r e c e i v e d a n e - m a i l a n d i f t h e y a n s w e r e d i t . I c a n n o t p u b l i s h w h a t I d o n o t h a v e .

C A L I F O R N I A Central California Cage Bird Club http://www.myccbc.org Meetings—3"̂ S u n d a y a t M a n c i n i H a l l M o d e s t o , 7 1 8 T u o l o m n e B l v d . , S t a n i s l a u s CA 9 5 3 5 1 . Contact—Janna P l a c e : 2 0 9 - 8 6 2 - 3 7 9 2 .

Finch Society of San Diego http://www.finchsocietyofsandiego.com Meetings—4'̂ S u n d a y , 2 - 4 p . m . 1 2 / 2 0 a t P o w a y E lks C l u b , 1 3 2 1 9 P o w a y R o a d , P o w a y CA 9 2 0 6 4 . Contact-Sally H u n t i n g t o n : 5 6 3 4 C a r n e g i e S t . , S a n D i e g o , CA 9 2 1 2 2 ; 8 5 8 - 4 5 2 - 9 4 2 3 ; sd/?nc/?soc/ety@gmo/7.com

West Coast Zebra and Society Finch Show Meetings—No c l u b m e e t i n g s , s h o w c o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g i n July. Contact—Richard R e n s h a w : 2 4 7 G r a n d r i d g e Ct . , V e n t u r a CA 9 3 0 0 3 ; 8 0 5 - 6 4 4 - 4 1 5 6 ; [email protected]

C O L O R A D O Mountain States Avian Society www.msasbirds.org Meetings—2"'̂ S a t u r d a y , 1 p . m . a t A n i m a l C e n t r a l , 8 3 0 8 C h u r c h R a n c h B l v d . , W e s t m i n s t e r CO 8 0 0 2 1 . Contact—Gary M o r g a n , 1 5 3 4 1 K i n g s t o n St., B r i g h t o n CO 8 0 6 0 2 ; 3 0 3 - 6 5 9 - 9 5 5 4 ; [email protected]. NFSS Delegate: Jesse A v i l a , 7 9 1 0 G r e e n l a n d R o a d , F r a n k t o w n CO 8 0 1 1 6 ; 3 0 3 - 6 6 4 - 0 3 9 9 , p/bav/7o@oo/.com


F L O R I D A Colorbred Canary Club of Miami www.colorbredcanarydubofmiamLweb5.com Contacts—Nora T r i n c a d o , P.O. B o x 4 4 1 2 6 1 , M i a m i FL 3 3 1 4 4 - 1 2 6 1 ; 3 0 5 - 7 2 0 - 4 7 9 8 , t/iree/ox2I@oo/.com—Armondo Lee, 2 8 2 5 S W 3 6 T e r r a c e C a p e FL; 2 3 9 - 4 6 2 - 2 9 9 8 . [email protected]

Suncoast Canary and Finch Club Meetings—Wednesday, 7 p . m . Contact—Alexander V i l l a r r e a l , 1 4 1 9 C o l l i n s w o o d B l v d . , P o r t C h a r l o t t e FL 3 3 9 4 8 ; [email protected]

Treasure Coast Exotic Bird Club Meetings—4^^ S u n d a y , 1 p . m . a t P o r t S a l e r n o Civ ic C e n t e r , 4 9 5 0 A n c h o r A v e . , S t u a r t F L Contact—Tim M c C o r m i c k , 1 4 2 5 SE A p p o m a t t o x T e r r . , P o r t S a l e r n o F L http://www.tcexoticbirddub.com

Tri-State Avian Society http://www.tristateaviansodety.org Quarterly Meetings—Gentle S h e p h e r d M e t r o p o l i t a n C o m m u n i t y C h u r c h , 4 7 3 8 T h o m a s v i l l e R o a d , T a l l a h a s s e e FL. Contact—Barry L a s t e r , 1 0 5 0 8 Lake L a m o n i a D r . , T a l l a h a s s e e FL 3 2 3 1 2 ; 8 5 0 - 3 6 4 - 4 6 6 6 ; [email protected]

I L L I N O I S Finch and Softbill Breeders and Exhibitors Club Meetings: 2"'' T h u r s d a y . President: B o b P e e r s , 5 2 5 W 6 1 ' * S t , A p t . D, W e s t m o n t IL 6 0 5 5 9 ; 6 3 0 - 7 4 0 - 7 3 8 9 . [email protected]. NFSS D e l e g a t e : G a i l B e n s o n , 4 4 N Clyde A v e . , P a l a t i n e IL 6 0 0 6 7 - 0 9 1 2 ; [email protected].

Greater Chicago Cage Bird Club http://www.gccbc.org Meetings—3"̂ F r i d a y , e x c e p t N o v e m b e r a n d D e c e m b e r , a t V o r k f i e l d Civic C e n t e r , 1 5 W 3 5 4 L e x i n g t o n St . , E l m h u r s t IL 6 0 1 2 6 . Contact—Robert W i l d , 3 0 5 G r o s v e n o r C t , B o l l n g b r o o k IL 6 0 4 4 0 ; 6 3 0 - 9 8 0 - 4 4 1 6 . [email protected], [email protected]

Heart of Illinois Bird Club http://www.hoibirddub.org Meetings—3*'̂ S u n d a y , 2 p . m . ( u n l e s s h o l i d a y ) a t A v a n t l ' s D o m e , 3 4 0 1 G r i f f i n A v e . , P e k i n IL 6 1 5 5 4 . Contact—Jody L e w i s , 3 0 9 - 6 4 7 - 9 9 8 4 , [email protected]

mini Bird Fanciers inc. www.Ulinibirdfanciers.com P.O. B o x 1 3 0 0 6 , S p r i n g f i e l d IL 6 2 7 9 1 , C o n t a c t : Contact—Karen W i l l i a m s , 2 1 7 - 3 9 1 - 4 6 4 8 .

National Institute of Red Orange Canaries (NIROC) http://www.niroc.org Meetings—4*^ F r i d a y , 7 p . m . a t G r a c e E v a n g e l i c a l L u t h e r a n C h u r c h , 1 1 0 1 M a n c h e s t e r A v e . , W e s t c h e s t e r IL 6 0 1 5 4 . No meetings— A u g u s t , N o v e m b e r . President—Joaquin T o r r e s . 3 1 2 - 2 5 9 - 2 7 7 9 , ytofres@sbcg/obo/.net. Contact—Joel W o j o t o w i c z , 7 0 8 - 3 5 2 - 9 3 1 9 , [email protected]

I O W A Mid America Cage Bird Society h t t p : / / w w w . M A C B S . o r g Meetings—4*** S u n d a y , 2-5 p . m . a t Des M o i n e s B o t a n i c a l C e n t e r , S w a r t z R o o m , 9 0 9 R o b e r t D R a y Dr , P o l k lA 5 0 3 1 6 . Exceptions—fairs h e l d i n M a r c h , M a y , a n d A u g u s t ; No Meetings—November, D e c e m b e r . H o l i d a y p a r t y , l ' * S u n d a y , D e c e m b e r . C h e c k c a l e n d a r f o r d a t e s - t i m e s . President—John T h i e l k i n g , 8 2 0 9 T w a n a Dr . , U r b a n d a l e lA 5 0 3 2 2 - 1 5 2 2 ; 2 3 9 - 8 5 1 - 8 1 3 2 . [email protected]


K E N T U C K Y Bluegrass Bird Breeders Contact—Josh P e r k i n s , 2 6 3 1 Z o n e t o n R o a d , S h e p h e r d s v i l l e KY 4 0 1 6 5 ; 2 7 0 - 2 3 4 - 4 1 7 6 , [email protected]. NFSS Delegate—Christine O r o w i t z , 1 7 7 6 W a l t e r B o o n e R o a d , R i n e y v i l l e KY 4 0 1 6 2 . [email protected]

M A R Y L A N D Baltimore Bird Fanciers http://www.baitimorebirdfanciers.org Meetings—3'̂ S u n d a y , 2 p . m . a t T o w s o n L i b r a r y , 3 2 0 Y o r k R o a d , B a l t i m o r e M D 2 1 2 0 4 - 5 1 7 9 . Contact-Christine R o b e r t s , 1 1 P r e t t y b o y G a r t h , P a r k t o n M D 2 1 1 2 0 ; 4 1 0 - 3 4 3 - 1 8 0 7 , [email protected]. NFSS D e l e g a t e : R a y R e t e r , 1 0 3 1 0 - L M a l c o l m Cir . , C o c k e y s v i l l e M D 2 1 0 3 0 .

M I C H I G A N Society of Canary and Finch Breeders of Michigan http//www.scfbmichigan.com/ Contact: K r i s t e n R e e v e s , 248-543-8903,/fr/sten./ieeves@s6cg/obo/.nef

M I S S O U R I Gateway Parrot Club http://www.gatewayparrotclub.org Meetings—3"̂ S u n d a y , 2 p . m . a t K i r k w o o d C o m m u n i t y C e n t e r , 1 1 1 S. G e y e r R o a d , S t . L o u i s M O 6 3 1 2 2 . Exceptions—no m e e t i n g s J u n e 1 0 , S e p t 1 9 , Dec . 9 ( s e c o n d

S u n d a y ) , a n d A u g u s t . Contact—Christine A. K i n k a d e , 2 4 1 2 A n g e l a Dr . , H i g h R idge M O 6 3 0 4 9 ; 6 3 6 - 3 4 3 - 8 0 9 7 , [email protected]

Greater Kansas City Avicultural Society http://www.gkcas.org C l a y B e h r m a n , 3 5 2 3 NE 4 9 t h S t . , Kansas C i t y M O 6 4 1 1 9 ; 8 1 6 - 2 1 7 - 7 2 6 3 , [email protected]. NFSS D e l e g a t e : A n t h o n y Day , 1 6 0 8 S C r a n e , I n d e p e n d e n c e M O 6 4 0 5 5 ; 8 1 6 - 2 5 2 - 1 1 2 0 . [email protected]. Meetings: 2"*̂ S u n d a y a t C o r o n a t i o n o f O u r Lady C h u r c h , 1 3 0 0 0 B e n n i n g t o n , G r a n d v i e w M O 6 4 0 3 0 .

N E W H A M P S H I R E Birds of a Feather Avicultural Society http://www.boaf.com R a y S c h w a r t z , 1 9 O l d e C o m m o n Dr . , A t k i n s o n N H 0 3 8 1 1 ; 6 0 3 - 3 6 2 - 6 1 0 6 ; [email protected]. C o n t a c t : [email protected]. Meetings: 2"** M o n d a y .

N E W Y O R K Colorbred Canary Club of New York Meetings: l ' * S u n d a y e a c h m o n t h , e x c e p t J u l y a n d A u g u s t . Contact: Jose Z e l a d a , 2 0 N. G o o d w i n A v e . , E l m s f o r d NY 1 0 5 2 3 ; 9 1 4 - 3 4 5 - 5 7 0 7 . Club Address: 9 6 - 0 6 7 3 ' ^ C o r o n a , NY 1 1 3 6 8 .

Kings County Canary Club K a t h l e e n G u i s e S c h a e f e r , 5 F r a n k Ct . , B r o o k l y n N Y 1 1 2 2 9 ; 7 1 8 - 3 3 2 - 3 4 1 3 , [email protected]. Meetings: 3"^ S u n d a y , 5 F r a n k Ct . , B r o o k l y n NY 1 1 2 2 9 .

New York Finch and Type Canary Club S t a n K u l a k , 1 7 P e m b r o o k L o o p , S t a t e n I s l a n d N Y 1 0 3 0 9 ; 7 1 8 - 9 6 7 - 6 8 9 9 , [email protected]. Meetings: 1-4 p . m . , 2"'' S u n d a y , e x c e p t Ju ly a n d A u g u s t .


O R E G O N Columbia Canary Club http://www.columbiacanaryclub.com. Contact: KJ a n d L inda K. B r o w n , 3 2 5 8 O a k c r e s t Dr. N W , S a l e m OR 9 7 3 0 4 ; 5 0 3 - 3 4 1 - 8 8 2 3 . [email protected]. Meetings: 2 p . m . , 2"'^ S u n d a y a t M i l w a u k i e G r a n g e H a l l , 1 2 0 1 5 SE 2 2 " ' A v e . , M i l w a u k e e O R .

P E N N S Y L V A N I A Chester County Bird Club Inc. D o r i s R i c k a r d s , 1 0 B e t h L a n e , M a l v e r n PA 1 9 3 5 5 ; [email protected]

P U E R T O R I C O Asociacion de Criadores de Finches Inc. Meetings: 7 p . m . , T u e s d a y a t Las C a t a l i n a ' s M a l l , F o o d C o u r t A r e a . Contact: J u a n A l i c e a , M a n s d e C u i d a d J a r d i n B a i r o a , 5 6 6 C a l l e La M a n c h a , C a g u a s PR 0 0 7 2 7 ; 7 8 7 - 4 7 9 - 7 4 0 5 .

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Puerto Rico Zebra Finch Club http://www.przfc.com Meetings: W e d n e s d a y , C a q u a s in P laza C e n t r e M a l l C a g u a s , Caguas PR. Contact: G e n e P e r e z F o r t e , J a r d i n e s A r e c i b o 0 5 9 , A r e c i b o PR 0 0 6 1 2 . President: Jorge M o j i c a , Urb L o m a s D e l S o l , 1 7 5 C a l l e A c u a r i o , G u r a b o PR 0 0 7 7 8 - 8 9 3 0 ; 7 8 7 - 5 5 0 - 3 1 6 3 . [email protected].

R H O D E I S L A N D Northeast Bird Group http://www.northeastbirdgroup.com D o n n a Rosciti, P.O. B o x 5 0 , North Scituate Rl 0 2 8 5 7 ; 4 0 1 - 6 4 1 - 0 9 9 4 , [email protected]

T E N N E S S E E Heart of Tennessee Aviculture Society http://www.heartoftnavculturesociety.com Lisa M u r p h y , 9 1 8 G e o r g i a A v e . , E t o w a h I N 3 7 3 3 1 . 4 2 3 - 2 6 3 - 0 4 8 3 ; [email protected]. Meetings: 6 p . m . , e v e r y 4*̂ * F r i d a y a t 1 9 5 4 S. C h u r c h St . , M u r f r e e s b o r o , T N . 3 7 1 3 0 .

T E X A S Alamo Exhibition Bird Club Contact: J u d y M o r r i s , 9 1 2 Bass Lake R o a d , T r a v e r s e C i t y M l 4 9 6 8 5 ; 2 3 1 - 3 4 2 - 3 5 4 5 . Meetings: 2 p . m . , 4*'' S u n d a y a t K i r b y S e n i o r Ct r . , 3 2 1 1 A l l e n S h e p p a r d , SE S a n A n t o n i o T X .

Fort Worth Bird Club Meetings: 2 p . m . , 2 " ' S u n d a y a t F o r t W o r t h B o t a n i c a l G a r d e n C e n t e r , 3 2 2 0 U n i v e r s i t y Dr . ( n o r t h o f 1-30 i n F o r t W o r t h ) , http://www.fwbc.org

Texas Bird Breeders and Fanciers Association http://www.texasbirdbreeders.org Contact: C l a r e n c e f u l w e l l , 4 2 1 1 Ke l l y E l l i o t t R o a d , A r l i n g t o n T X 7 6 0 1 6 - 4 6 0 7 ; 8 1 7 - 2 2 0 - 5 5 6 8 . [email protected].

Canary and Finch Society . http://canaryfinchsociety.tripod.com Contact: H e l e n J o n e s , 3 4 8 M a g n o l i a Dr . , H u f f m a n T X 7 7 3 3 6 . Meetings: 2 p . m . , 2 " ' S u n d a y a t A l m e d a U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h , 1 4 3 1 0 A l m e d a R o a d , j u s t o f f S a m H o u s t o n T o l l w a y .


V I R G I N I A P e n i n s u l a C a g e d B i r d S o c i e t y http://www.vapcbs.com C o n t a c t : N a n c y B u t t e r f i e l d , 1 0 1 B r o o k R u n , Y o r k t o w n V A 2 3 6 9 3 ; 7 5 7 - 2 2 3 - 9 4 4 0 , [email protected]. M e e t i n g s : 3 ' ' S u n d a y e a c h m o n t h , 2 : 3 0 - 5 : 0 0 p . m . a t C o l u m b i a n C e n t e r , 1 2 7 4 2 N e t t l e s Dr . , N e w p o r t N e w s V A 2 3 6 0 6 .

W A S H I N G T O N C a s c a d e C a n a r y B r e e d e r s A s s o c i a t i o n http://www.cascadecanary.com B r i a n J o h a n n s o n 2 0 8 1 5 5 t h PL SE, M i l l C r e e k W A 9 8 0 1 2 ; 4 2 5 - 7 4 3 - 5 0 2 5 , [email protected]. M e e t i n g s : 1 p . m . , 3*' S u n d a y a t 1 4 5 N E G i l m o n B l v d . , I s sagna W A 9 5 0 2 7 . E x c e p t i o n : n o m e e t i n g s o n h o l i d a y s .

N A T I O N A L A F F I L I A T E D C L U B S A m e r i c a n D o v e A s s o c i a t i o n P r e s i d e n t : J a m e s K e l l , http://www.doveline.com. J e f f D o w n i n g , P.O. B o x 4 2 5 6 , F r e d e r i c k M D 2 1 7 0 5

A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A v i c u l t u r e P.O. B o x 9 1 7 1 7 , A u s t i n , T X 7 8 7 0 9 ; www.afabirds.org

A v i c u l t u r a l S o c i e t y o f A m e r i c a S t e v e D u n c a n , P.O. B o x 3 1 6 1 , S a n D i m a s CA 9 1 7 7 3 . F o u n d e d i n 1 9 2 7 , t h i s is t h e o l d e s t a v i c u l t u r e s o c i e t y i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . http//www.asabirds.org/home.html

N a t i o n a l A n i m a l I n t e r e s t A l l i a n c e www.naiaonline

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C A N A D A D u r h a m A v i c u l t u r e S o c i e t y o f O n t a r i o P.O. B o x 4 , P i c k e r i n g , O N L I V 2 R 2 . M e e t i n g s : 7 : 3 0 p . m . , 2 " ' T u e s d a y ( n o m e e t i n g s Ju ly o r A u g u s t ) a t R o t a r y P a r k P a v i l i o n , S o u t h S i d e o f L a k e , 1 5 1 D r i v e w a y W e s t , A j a x O N . ( I f t h e e n t r a n c e is d a r k , i t is a c r o s s f r o m h o u s e # 1 5 0 . )

E s s e x - K e n t Cage B i r d S o c i e t y h t t p : / / w w w . e s s e x / f e n t c 6 s . c o m W i n d s o r , O n t a r i o , C a n a d a , 5 1 9 - 9 4 8 - 6 3 9 8 , yu//onne@mns/.net,

U N I T E D K I N G D O M F o r e i g n B i r d L e a g u e http://www.foreignbirdleague.com B r y a n R e e d , 4 St A n d r e w s D r i v e , T i v i d a l e , O l d b u r y , W e s t M i d l a n d s , B 6 9 I P R . P h o n e : 0 1 3 8 4 2 5 8 1 5 4 .


T h e N a t i o n a l F i n c h a n d S o f t b i l l S o c i e t y w e l c o m e s t h e f o l l o w i n g N o v i c e a n d J u n i o r E x h i b i t o r s . W e h o p e t o c o n t i n u e s e e i n g t h e i r n a m e s a m o n g t h e e n t r i e s a t t h e u p c o m i n g s h o w s .

2012 NOVICE EXHIBITORS

PEDRO L HERNANDEZ Z e b r a C F W C o c k

A s o c i a c i o n d e C r i a d o r e s d e F i n c e s KENNETH STEPHENS

1 ' * P l a c e • R H N o r m a l G o u l d i a n C o c k A l a m o E x h i b i t i o n B i r d C l u b

GREG SWORD N o r m a l G r e y Z e b r a F i n c h

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NFSS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND APPOINTED OFFICERS

PRESIDENT

John Wilson

San Francisco, CA 94110

PAST PRESIDENT

Bob Peers

535 W. 619' St., Apt. D

Westmont, IL 60559

Phone/FAX: 630-740-7389

[email protected]

15T VICE PRESIDENT

Bob Peers

535 W. 6151 St., Apt. D

Westmont, IL 60559

Phone/FAX: 630-740-7389

[email protected]

2" VICE PRESIDENT

WEBSITE

Barbara Jaquez

P.O. Box 492

Loyalton, CA 96118

Phone: 530-993-1336

[email protected]

3RD VICE PRESIDENT,

FINCH AND Son-BILL SAVE

DIRECTOR

Vonda Zwick

611 Hingham Lane

Schaumburg, IL 60193

3rd [email protected]

4T" VICE PRESIDENT—JUDGES

PANEL/STANDARDS/RESEARCH

Laura Bewley

Phone: 918-446-3999

[email protected]

AFFILIATE/AWARDS DIRECTOR

Jody Lewis

153 Patterson Dr.

East Peoria, IL 61611

Phone: 309-645-7773

[email protected]

REGION 1 VICE PRESIDENT

(NORTHEAST)

Vince Moase

1078 Roundelay Ct.

Oshawa, ON L1.17R7

Phone: 905-723-1978

[email protected] [email protected]


(SOUTHEAST)

Michael Gravely

mgravely@ the refinedgarden.com


(MID-CENTRAL)

Jason Crean

beaksbirdhouse@ooLcom


(MidwesT)

Cheryl Burns

336 S. Pearson Lane

Keller, TX 76248

Phone: (H) 817-337-7492

Phone: (C) 817-445-2016

[email protected]


(MOUNTAIN)

Doug White

13013 311th Ave SE

Sultan, WA 98240

[email protected]

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Rebecca Mikel

13779 US 12 E

Union, MI 49130

Phone: 269-641-7209

[email protected]

FINCH SHOP MANAGER

Sharon Dvorak

TREASURER

Lisa R. Murphy

918 Georgia Ave.

Etowah, TN 37331

ADVERTISING,

PROMOTIONS MANAGER

Barbara Jaquez

P.O. Box 492

Loyalton, CA 96118

Phone: 530-993-1336

[email protected]

MODERATOR, NFSS FORUMS

John Wilson

[email protected]

NFSS WEBMASTER

Barbara Jaquez

[email protected]

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR

Tiffany Park

Phone: 850-321-6162

[email protected]

JOURNAL EDITOR

Gertrude A. Noble

3989 Forest Park Way /1212

N. Tonawanda, NY 14120

Phone: 716-525-1249

gertanoble@aoLcom

LEGISLATIVE LIAISON

Roland Crista

[email protected]

BAND SECRETARY

Paula Hansen

2234 Juneau Ct. S

Salem, OR 97302

[email protected]

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

William Parlee

Phone: 860-569-0200

[email protected] Phone: 919-266-4935

[email protected]

NFSS JOURNAL

48 JAN/FEB 2013

N F S S B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S A N D A P P O I N T E D O F F I C E R S

PRESIDENT

J o h n W i l s o n

S a n F r a n c i s c o , C A 9 4 1 1 0

PAST PRESIDENT

B o b P e e r s

5 3 5 W . 6 1 ' * S t . , A p t . D

W e s t m o n t , I L 6 0 5 5 9

P h o n e / F A X : 6 3 0 - 7 4 0 - 7 3 8 9

p a s t p r e s i d e n t @ n f s s . o r g

l " V i c E PRESIDENT

B o b P e e r s

5 3 5 W . 6 1 ' " S t . , A p t . D

W e s t m o n t , I L 6 0 5 5 9

P h o n e / F A X : 6 3 0 - 7 4 0 - 7 3 8 9

l s t V P @ n f s s . o r g

2""* VICE PRESIDENT

WEBSITE

B a r b a r a J a q u e z

P . O . B o x 4 9 2

L o y a l t o n , C A 9 6 1 1 8

P h o n e : 5 3 0 - 9 9 3 - 1 3 3 6

2 n d v p @ n f s s . o r g

a^'^VicE PRESIDENT,

FINCH AND SOFTBILLSAVE

DiREaOR

V o n d a Z w i c k

6 1 1 H i n g h a m L a n e

S c h a u m b u r g , I L 6 0 1 9 3

3 r d v p @ n f s 5 . o r g

4™ VICE PRESIDENT—JUDGES

PANEL/STANDARDS/RESEARCH

L a u r a B e w l e y

P h o n e : 9 1 8 - 4 4 6 - 3 9 9 9

l b e w l e y @ y a h o o . c o m

AFFILIATE/AWARDS DIRECTOR

J o d y L e w i s

1 5 3 P a t t e r s o n D r .

E a s t P e o r i a , I L 6 1 6 1 1

P h o n e : 3 0 9 - 6 4 5 - 7 7 7 3

a f f i l i a t i o n 5 @ n f 5 5 . o r g

BAND SECRETARY

P a u l a H a n s e n

2 2 3 4 J u n e a u C t . S

S a l e m , O R 9 7 3 0 2

b a n d s @ n f s s . o r g

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

W i l l i a m P a r l e e

P h o n e : 8 6 0 - 5 6 9 - 0 2 0 0

p r e s i d e n t e m e r i t u s @ n f 5 5 .

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

R e b e c c a M i k e l

1 3 7 7 9 U S 1 2 E

U n i o n , M l 4 9 1 3 0

P h o n e : 2 6 9 - 6 4 1 - 7 2 0 9

e x e c s e c r e t a r y @ n f 5 5 . o r g


(NORTHEAST)

V i n c e M o a s e

1 0 7 8 R o u n d e l a y C t .

O s h a w a , O N L I J 7 R 7

P h o n e : 9 0 5 - 7 2 3 - 1 9 7 8

C a n a d a t r e a s u r e r @ n f s s . o r g

r e g i o n l v p @ n f s s . o r g


(SOUTHEAST)

M i c h a e l G r a v e l y

m g r a v e l y @

t h e r e f i n e d g a r d e n . c o m


(MID-CENTRAL)

J a s o n C r e a n b e a k s b i r d h o u s e @ a o l . c o m


(MidwesT) C h e r y l B u r n s

3 3 6 S . P e a r s o n L a n e

K e l l e r , T X 7 6 2 4 8

P h o n e : ( H ) 8 1 7 - 3 3 7 - 7 4 9 2

P h o n e : ( C ) 8 1 7 - 4 4 5 - 2 0 1 6

r e g i o n 4 v p @ n f s s . o r g


(MOUNTAIN)

D o u g W h i t e

1 3 0 1 3 3 1 1 * ^ A v e S E

S u l t a n , W A 9 8 2 4 0

d w h i t e 3 5 1 1 @ m s n . c o m

FINCH SHOP MANAGER

S h a r o n D v o r a k

P h o n e : 9 1 9 - 2 6 6 - 4 9 3 5

f i n c h s h o p @ n f s s . o r g

TREASURER

L i s a R. M u r p h y

9 1 8 G e o r g i a A v e .

E t o w a h , I N 3 7 3 3 1

ADVERTISING,

PROMOTIONS MANAGER


P . O . B o x 4 9 2

L o y a l t o n , C A 9 6 1 1 8

P h o n e : 5 3 0 - 9 9 3 - 1 3 3 6

a d v e r t o 5 o m g @ n f 5 S . o r g

MODERATOR, N F S S FORUMS

J o h n W i l s o n

J w i l 5 o n l S 3 @ a o l . c o m

N F S S WEBMASTER


i o y a i t o n j a q u e z @ p s i n . c o m

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR

T i f f a n y P a r k

P h o n e : 8 5 0 - 3 2 1 - 6 1 6 2

m e m b e r 5 h i p @ n f s s . o r g

JOURNAL EDITOR

G e r t r u d e A . N o b l e

3 9 8 9 F o r e s t P a r k W a y # 2 1 2

N . T o n a w a n d a , N Y 1 4 1 2 0

P h o n e : 7 1 6 - 5 2 5 - 1 2 4 9

g e r t a n o b i e @ a o i . c o m

LEGISLATIVE LIAISON

R o l a n d C r i s t a

I e g i s @ n f 5 5 . o r g

N F S S J O U R N A L 48 J A N / F E B 2 0 1 3

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Nizam Ali 135-11 114

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South Ozone Park, NY 11420 Phone: 781-835-8590

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OK 74107 Phone: 918-446-3999 [email protected]

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Julie R. Duimstra 628 N. Nesmith Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57103 Phone: 605-332-5054 [email protected]

Cecil Gunby 8121 Rte. 1, Hwy. 54 Sharpsburg, GA 30277 Phone/FAX: 770-254-1261 [email protected]

Kenneth Gunby Vince Moase 3692 Mandarin Woods Dr. N 1078 Roundelay Ct. Jacksonville, FL 32223 Oshawa, ON L11 7R7 Phone: 904-403-3078 Canada [email protected] Phone: 905-723-1978

[email protected] Annette Howard 1271 Conser Dr. Bob Peers Salem, OH 44460

535 W. 61q St., Apt. D Phone: 330-337-7654

Westmont, IL 60559

[email protected]

Phone/FAX: 630-740-7389 [email protected]

Marion (Miki) Sparzak 945 Rosedale Ave. Baltimore, MD 21237 Phone: 410-687-8915 [email protected]

Armando Lee 2825 SW 36th Terr. Laura Tinker Cape Coral, FL 33914

31 Grape Hollow Road

Phone: 239-242-7675

Holmes, NY 12531 FAX: 239-471-2800

Phone: 845-855-2662 [email protected]

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Christine Voronovitch 4743 E. Hedges Ave. 38 Liberty St. Fresno, CA 93703

Manchester, CT 06040

Phone: 559-255-6508

Phone: 860-649-8220 [email protected]

Conrad Meinert 1212 E 300 S Jerri Wiesenfeld Warsaw, IN 46580 2379 Water Bluff Dr.

Phone: 574-269-2873 Jacksonville, FL 32218

birdmanofwarsaw@ Phone: 904-714-2133 embarqmail.corn [email protected]

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Mineola, TX 75773 5634 Carnegie St.

Phone: 903-569-6979 San Diego, CA 92122

[email protected] Phone: 858-452-9423 [email protected]

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