Brisbane Breeder wrote:Pin Tails were available in Australia. I saw some while buying parrots at an aviary in Toowong Brisbane back in 76/77.
If it was the aviary that I am thinking of, it belonged to a very colourful character.
He was very well off, and loved nothing better than 'takin on' the 'authorities'
He battled for years with the Brisbane City Council over the height of his aviary . . IT WAS PRETTY TALL
And he had no respect for NPWS officers, referring to them (quite accurately) as "our enemies", and turned his hose on to one who happened to remark on the hot weather in small talk while 'visiting'
Lest I get too far off topic . .
Alan R. (another very large aviary) who lived in Sherwood had Pintailed Nonpareils in the 70's, but lost them to flood
He also had Half-Masked Weavers if my memory serves me correctly