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desertbirds
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Joined: 21 Nov 2010, 09:13
Location: Alice Springs

Hi all,i`ve just joined the forum and i live in Alice Springs.I work at the Desert Park here and im interested in all feathered critters.I keep Lesser Red Brows,Orange Cheek waxbills and fawn Diamonds.I`ve been back into birds for about 5 years , i`ve found we have a great climate here(nearly a metre of rain this year) for breeding birds and i`ve had reasonable success with most species i`ve kept.Not many people keep and breed birds here so its a bit of a lonely hobby but i love it.My dad kept a lot of birds in Adelaide when i was growing up there, and we were fortunate enough to live acroos the road from the late Eric Baxter, who i still rate as a bit of a guru.I love Blue Caps but nearly did my back in carting termites and i found them very unforgiving if i ran out ,even when i got it right i produced nearly all cocks.My favourite species i`ve kept is the Lesser Redbrows.They are highly social,great parents and i reckon they are a stunning little finch.Hope to post some photos when i work out how lol.
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Jim
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Buzzard-1
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Joined: 27 May 2010, 21:24
Location: Narrabri North West NSW
Location: North West NSW

G'day and welcome desertbirds. Yes it's good if you can post pic's of your birds and set-up helps us get a feel of your area. :D
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jusdeb
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Location: Dubbo, NSW
Location: Western Plains NSW

welcome :D would love to see pics of your birds and of course those glorious sunsets only the Alice can make.
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Lukec
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Joined: 26 May 2009, 15:55
Location: Sutherland Shire Sydney NSW
Location: Sutherland Shire Sydney NSW

G'day and welcome
Looking forward to seeing some pics of your birds and setup.
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finchbreeder
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Joined: 27 Jun 2009, 20:00
Location: Midwest of West. Aust. Coast
Location: Midwest of West.Aust.Coast

Welcome to the Forum Jim. 1mtr of water in a year would have them digging out the boats round here. But I gather it was a pretty wet year for your part of the world.
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Jayburd
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Joined: 08 Dec 2009, 12:08
Location: Canberra

welcome :D
nice collection! can't wait to see the orange cheek waxbill pics :D
Julian

Birdwatcher and finch-keeper.

Feel free to check out my photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lewinsrail/
And my birding antics here: http://worthtwointhebushbirding.blogspot.com.au/
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crazy cuban
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Joined: 04 Jan 2010, 10:59
Location: canberra

welcome
cant wait to see the pics
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Diane
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Joined: 05 Apr 2009, 14:23
Location: Northern 'burbs of Adelaide
Location: Northern 'burbs of Adelaide

:wave: Hi and welcome to the forum.
If you have any trouble loading your pics, you can always send them to me at
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I will post them and change the post to your name so you can add your own wording.
Diane
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COUNTRY CAPITAL
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Joined: 01 Sep 2010, 08:25
Location: TAMWORTH

Welcome to the forum Desert.
I also can't wait to see pics of your birds.
Man, i thought i was isolated.... the red centre....good luck to you.
also jealous of your willpower to restrict youself to 3 species for at least 5 years!!!!
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snap_point
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Joined: 23 Nov 2010, 19:35
Location: Melbourne

Welcome to the forum mate, looking forward to seeing some pics of your birds.
Andrew

Finch lover since day dot!
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