Did you know the Finch Society of Australia is now videoing presentations and uploading to YouTube for all to see?
Here's a link to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6lvTO ... Wb0kIvRkjw
October 2017 FSA meeting (Dr Kerensa McElroy) - you can donate here - https://chuffed.org/project/finches
A Bird on the Brink. DNA, Decline and the Black-throated Finch
September 2017 FSA meeting (Murray MacPherson)
Establishing the Cinnamon Scarlet-chested Parrot in Australia
May 2017 FSA meeting Red Siskin Round Table (Albert Vellar, Jon Brooks, Joe Cavill, Michael Xiberras)
Red Siskin Round Table
September 2016 FSA meeting presentation with Don Burke
Bird Friendly Gardens, Bird Friendly People
July 2016 FSA meeting presentation video with Joe Cavill
Nests and Nest Sites
May 2016 FSA meeting presentation with Sam Davis (FSA President)
Private Aviculture and Endangered Species - We're Underway!
April 2016 FSA meeting presentation with Don Findlater (FSA Treasurer)
Masked Finches (Poephila personata)
March 2016 FSA meeting presentation with Steve Sass
Ecologist, Aviculturist, Head Bird Keeper: Why not have it all!
February 2016 Red Siskin husbandry tour presentation with Graeme Wagstaff
Breeding Red Siskins
October 2015 FSA meeting presentation with Gary Fitt
Darwin’s Finches, Gouldians, Grassquits How are they linked? Dr Gary Fitt
Part 1 of Breeding Livefood Series (September 2015 FSA Smithfield) with John Martin
Breeding Crickets
June 2015 Smithfield presentatiions by Jason Holmes (VP)
Bengalese Finches
Diamond Firetails
May 2015 FSA Smithfield presentation by Peri Bolton
Conservation Genetics of Wild Gouldian Finches
May 2015 FSA Smithfield presentation by Stanley Tang
Finches in Decline. A genetic perspective on the case of the endangered Black-throated finch
April 2015 Canberra Finch Club meeting with David Holmes
Tips and Tour through a Large Collection
April 2015 FSA Smithfield meeting with Sam Davis (Me!)
Larger Mixed Species Planted Aviary Focus on gadgets and technology
March 2015 FSA Smithfield meeting with Ray Ackroyd
Where did all our Australian finches originate? Are wild populations in danger?
Unfortunately the audio is poor in the above presentation. You might like to try the following video which includes Ray's original narration of much of the video footage but does not include much of the discussion that occurred during the FSA presentation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=604ftjoR260
Part 2 of History of Finch Aviculture Series (November 2014 FSA Smithfield meeting) with Kevin Devnie
Finches Past and Present from a Dealer's Perspective
October 2014 FSA Smithfield meeting with Gary McCrae from WA
An Australian Softbill, A Mutation Australian, and Experiences with a Cape York Finch
October 2014 Wollongong Finch Club meeting with Gary McCrae from WA
Keeping and Breeding Finches and Native Softbills in Outback Western Australia
Part 1 of History of Finch Aviculture Series (September 2014 meeting).
50 Years of Bird Keeping by Bruce Hockley
July 2014 meeting with me rambling on
Canberra and Finches '14 Aviary Tours
Our June 2014 meeting by Dr Hamish Baron:
Finches in Health and Disease
Also our May 2014 meeting featuring 2 presentations by David Holmes:
Aviary Plants and Grasses
Weavers
And the first presentation to be uploaded was our April 2014 presentation by Dr Simon Griffith:
Genetic Incompatibility, sex, selection and speciation in birds
The club has a heap of members who will never be able to attend meetings. Our YouTube channel and full colour magazine are major new initiatives to help share information with everyone. If you like what you see and you're not a member already then maybe consider joining (membership form here).
I'll update this thread as new videos are added.
Cheers,
Sam
FSA Presentations on YouTube
- TomDeGraaff
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The FSA is certainly very innovative this year. The magazine is also a marvellous publication and so greatly improved, Sam. Well done to the committee. So glad I renewed! Great to meet you at Finches'14.
Tom
Tom