NATIONAL FINCH AND SOFTBILL CENSUS 2020

[Finches2011]

Time for the 2020 National FINCH & SOFTBILL CENSUS

The National Finch and Softbill Association has now conducted four censuses commencing in 2008 to gather information on the numbers of finches and softbills held by aviculturists across Australia.

These have proven very useful in providing a snapshot of relative numbers of species held and particularly for identifying species in decline where extra conservation breeding efforts are needed. After each census the NFSA produces a comprehensive analysis of the overall numbers and trends across the country and then publishes a report. The last census in 2017 included 51,539 birds held by 491 respondents. Data for 56 exotic finches, all the native finches and over 50 species of softbills was captured.

So NFSA is now conducting its next census (commencing from December 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020) with initial results to be presented at the Finches’20 Convention (July 3-5, 2020). Results will be made available to all NFSA Member clubs and published in major avicultural magazines such as Australian Birdkeeper and Talking Birds.

The census is totally anonymous. We don’t want to know who you are or your address, although it would be useful to know which State you come from. We simply want you to record the numbers of each species that you hold and send in your results.

There are many ways you can participate. Census forms have been distributed to many clubs and through a number of websites. Just fill it in and post it off. Census forms can be emailed to any finch or softbill enthusiast.

Or, even easier, you can complete the Census on-line through SurveyMonkey. The link for your web browser will be https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NFSAcensus2020. This will operate from December 1. Just copy and paste into your Browser. Please complete only one type of census.

We know that the census won’t reach every finch and softbill breeder and we also know that some people will actively avoid the census. That is fine. Provided we get enough people to respond the census will provide a valuable picture of the relative numbers of species and how many people keep them. This will provide further information on which species are rare or becoming rarer and need some help.

So please participate in this aspect of your hobby and complete an NFSA Finch and Softbill census form - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NFSAcensus2020

[finchbreeder]

Done
LML

[noah.till]

Done here as well

[Brisbane_Finches_333]

same here

[finchbreeder]

Hope everyone is participating.
LML