Canberra Bird Sale - Review

[Jayburd]

Well, in the aftermath of the Canberra Avicultural Society Bird Sale, I have finally got a chance to sit down and write about it.

All said, it was a pretty good sale, good clearance rate and (though i left early), it seemed as though a lot of birds were sold.

There were lots of traders, selling things such as nesting logs, boxes, tunes, baskets etc. books, magazines (including the new Russell Kingston book for just $135 with no postage/handling, obviously), DVDs, feed trays/bowls/dishes/etc., medicines, leg rings, feed, nesting materials, etc. etc. etc. etc.

It wasn't a huge sale, but there were good numbers of birds, I estimate about 200 birds (though that's probably way off). Interesting birds, mostly reasonable prices. Most of the finches came from a dealer from Sydney, Andrew's Bird & Pet Palace.
There was also a good selection of species:

Parrots:
rosella - crimson, eastern (opaline, cinnamon red & normal), pale-headed, western.
Neophemas - turquoise, scarlet chested (some white fronted blue & normals), elegants
Other Grass Parrots - Hoodeds, red rumps (about 30 different mutations + normals)
Cockatoos - little corellas, Glossy Black cockatoos, galahs (a couple of different subspecies including Khuli)
Conures - Sun, Nanday, Jandaya (cinnamon)
Macaws - Hahn's
Ringnecks - many different mutations
Other Parrots - Eclectus, Quakers (blue and normal)
Lovebirds - Fischer's, peach-faced (Lutinos, and many other mutations, including normal), Masked (blue and normal), Red Faced
Lorikeets - Purple Crowned, Rainbow, Red Collared
Lories - Dusky

Finches:
AUSTRALIAN
Zebra - many mutations and normal
Long tailed Grassfinch
Parson (Black Throated) - normals and creams
Masked Grassfinch
Double Bars
Diamonds - normal and fawn
Goudlians - mostly mutation, including yellows etc. Only a few normals, yellow and red heads only
Painteds - Red, Orange & yellow
Plumheads
Pictorella Munias
Blue Faced Parrot Finches

AFRICAN
Saint helenas
Orange Breasts
Red - Cheeked Cordon Bleus
Cut - Throats

ASIAN
Spice Finch - young colony (VERY SORE I COULDN'T GET THEM!!)
Red Strawberry

OTHER
Tri Coloured parrot Finch
Red Faced Parrot Finch - sea-green, pieds, normals
European Goldfinch
European Greenfinch - Lutino & normal

CANARIES

LOTS.

PHEASANTS:
Golden
Ring-necked

[Fischer]

Sheeesh Jayburd, What a great and very comprehensive review...what a memory you have, I didn't see a notebook in your hand I don't think you missed listing a bird lol

[Jayburd]

why thanks

my memory is OK when I'm awake, I'm hopeless at remembering things overnight
so I'm glad I have a diary

[Buzzard-1]

Great review (But where are the pics)

[Jayburd]

my camera is stuffed

sorry, no pics from me.

[Mickp]

come on Jay, what about your phone?
I thought every young person had one ;)
or did you swap yours for birds?

[JohnP]

I went to the sale and whilst there were a large number of birds as far as finches were concerned it was not exhaustive and the birds from Andrews looked a little 'ratty' in my opinion. Guess we will just have to wait until next month when the Finch Club sale is on.

[Fischer]

Ah Mick I didn't think of that
He might have swapped his camera for birds too

[Jayburd]

nope, camera stayed behind, being looked at by me personal technician, dad. He's not great, still stuffed.
My phone DOES have a camera - and yes I have one! but it's not very good and I can't take photos from my phone -cam and put them onto the computer so not much point.
Now swapping it for birds... now that's a good idea! why didn't I think of that??