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Bring on april 2....i will be there, with my AFF radar on 8-)
not selling this year but still look forward to going.
hope to see you Westy ,Buzz and co.

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Just got back from Grafton sale, not to bad, fair selection of finches, 1 pr Hans Macaws went for $2300, few Conures, suns, pearly, Greencheeks, Maroon Bellied, black caps. Nice pair of Superb parrot for $180, Red-capps, princess, & a handful of rosellas, few canaries & budgies. Finch wise, Pied diamies from $150 pr for splits, to $500 for Pied,normals $50ea, 6pr Blue Caps $200 -$250 a pr, Cubans from $15 ea (birds reflected price) to about $60 a pr, very nice pair of Yellow Headed Gouldians for $80 ( would have been worth it, very nice pair of birds), $15 to $25ea for most, Painteds $15 to $25 ea mostly cocks, 1pr Golden Song Sparrows for $300, Lutino BFPF $70 a pr, BFPF $40pr, Pied Sea green RFPF didn't see a price, best bargin was Yellow Rumps $30 a pair, wasn't going to buy, but couldn't pass a pair up for that, WA Longtails $40 a pair (I think) handfull of cutthroats, only saw 1 pr of fawn Zebbies, but could have been more.
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sounds great :D
good going with the yellow rumps - I hear they're getting rarer?
$200 for bluecaps??? wow :crazy: :shifty:
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left out stars $40 a pr & pastel/dilute Tricolou Parroties think they were $400 or $500 but can't be certin
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Thanks for the report VR. :thumbup:
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Top report VR.....saved me :oops: ......couldnt resist the Yellow Rumps neither 8-) .......And a very nice pair of Little Lorikeets 8-) :thumbup:

Probably wont go to Gunnedah now, got my fix :mrgreen: and the house is full :crazy:
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'pastel/dilute Tricolou Parroties think they were $400 or $500 but can't be certin' did they sell at that price?
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Not that I saw, to me not worth the money, cocks looked like a strongly colour normal hen, with a lighter green on the back, but each to his own.
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From my POV, its a bit disappointing to hear of mutations in Tri-Colours :thumbdown: . But that's just me. :)
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agreed :thumbdown: same with cordons
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