Canberra Bird Sale - Review
Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 17:11
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
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