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- Location: Midwest of West. Aust. Coast
- Location: Midwest of West.Aust.Coast
Welcome. That sounds like a nice collection of finches.
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kevins
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- Joined: 22 Jul 2009, 12:31
- Location: Toronto NSW (Lake Macquarie)NSW
- Location: Toronto NSW (Lake Macquarie)
Hi Gomer and everyone
In response to your query about the Hunter Valley Finch Club.......The Hunter Valley Finch Club is really a branch of the Finch Society of Australia...but its such a mouthfull its usually shortened to just the Hunter Valley Finch Club.....its independent but comes under the constitution of the parent body...there are a couple of other branches...Hawkesberry...and Wollongong as well as the one in Sydney.
We have monthly meetings with a guest speaker (mostly)..if not a speaker then a trivia night. Also someone does a "Bird of the Night" segment that goes for about 10 mins and is usually about that members experiences and how they keep their birds.
We have had several bus trips to other areas and we hold a bird sale in Oct...the last couple of years it has been held on the same weekend as an open day at Mike Fidler's research station in support of the Save the Gouldian Fund......having both on at the same time helps with organisation and gives people from a distance to make a trip worthwhile...Mikes set up is very impressive...but Im sure most people have heard of it or seen pics.
We also have a monthly journal with articles of interest and news....fees are $20 per year for a single....we usually get about 30 or so people along to meetings..including an Octenagerian of some note that is still keeping birds....Im still learning my way around the forum so if people are interested Ill put a couple of pics on sometime
cheers
In response to your query about the Hunter Valley Finch Club.......The Hunter Valley Finch Club is really a branch of the Finch Society of Australia...but its such a mouthfull its usually shortened to just the Hunter Valley Finch Club.....its independent but comes under the constitution of the parent body...there are a couple of other branches...Hawkesberry...and Wollongong as well as the one in Sydney.
We have monthly meetings with a guest speaker (mostly)..if not a speaker then a trivia night. Also someone does a "Bird of the Night" segment that goes for about 10 mins and is usually about that members experiences and how they keep their birds.
We have had several bus trips to other areas and we hold a bird sale in Oct...the last couple of years it has been held on the same weekend as an open day at Mike Fidler's research station in support of the Save the Gouldian Fund......having both on at the same time helps with organisation and gives people from a distance to make a trip worthwhile...Mikes set up is very impressive...but Im sure most people have heard of it or seen pics.
We also have a monthly journal with articles of interest and news....fees are $20 per year for a single....we usually get about 30 or so people along to meetings..including an Octenagerian of some note that is still keeping birds....Im still learning my way around the forum so if people are interested Ill put a couple of pics on sometime
cheers
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kevins
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- Joined: 22 Jul 2009, 12:31
- Location: Toronto NSW (Lake Macquarie)NSW
- Location: Toronto NSW (Lake Macquarie)
yep...there is a for sale and a wanted section......also seed and stuff...its not widely used for some reason ..not sure why...its very handy if your looking for a special bird and you prefer to get birds from other finch people