Aussie Finch Forum

Hi all, just to let you guys know, the CFC is having it's bi-annual bird sale soon. Details below. It's a great sale, usually lost of breeders from all around attend and I know some forum members are coming ;). lots of good birds too. Please go to www.canberrafinchclub.org.au for map of surrounding area with pinpoint on the hall

Canberra Finch Club Bird Sale

Both buyers and sellers of Parrots, Finches, Budgies, Cockatiels, Canaries, Doves & Quail are welcome. No poultry

When: 13 March 2011

Where: Stromlo High School
Badimara St, Waramanga. ACT

Sales commence at 10am till 1pm*
*unless all birds sold earlier

Entry to public by $2 entry fee

BUYERS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO BE AT THE DOOR EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

All proceeds from the entry fee are donated to the Save the Gouldian Fund.

FOLLOWING SALE DATE: 11 September 2011

Local Accommodation

For out of town buyers, sellers, and traders we recommend the use of www.wotif.com or similar web sites to find accommodation that suites your needs.

The closest to the sale venue in Holder is the Quality Hotel Wodenand the Statesman Hotel. Any choice in Canberra should not be limited by proximity, as it is a simple exercise to get from point A to point B with a minimum of fuss. You just have to know how to navigate the roundabouts. Having a GPS can help.

Price, location, and hotel features are at your choosing in Canberra. If you are visiting make a weekend of the trip and see the sights.

It's the calendar

thanks mick!

I arrived at the sale with minutes to spare - 250 km trip. Set up the birds and in came the buyers. No time to look around. Others can fill in the details.
My thoughts on the sale - plenty of room in the school hall for further expansion, buyers might have been down on previous sale, clearance rate of birds ok, numbers of birds not sure. Mainly finch people looking for finches.
Myself I had lots of time to meet new and old contacts with plenty of conversations between the various breeders. This is one of the benefits of attending the smaller sale. Seen a number of AFF members at the sale, E Orix. Jayburd, Bleeding green and Southy (Ruddies are OK) and probably others without knowing.

yep all up a good sale think
met up with E orix, South, Wagga (I think? you bought southy's ruddies right?), bleeding green, a new member called Stella and E Orix's friend, Bob. (thank bob for me mate, the gouldian is going great!! )
Very sore about missing NRG-800 but that's life... I missed Blink471 last time as well.
did anyone else notice my 'Jayburd'' piece of paper pinned to my shirt? (didn't have time to make it any fancier)

There was plenty of room and good to be able to be walk around comfortably. Sorry I had to say Hi then run Jay, the wife was waiting in the car with a sleeping K3 (kid 3).

that's ok BG. nice to meet you anyways

Come on Jay....spill!!
what did Orix bring to sell?
what "exotics" were there? and for how much?
i remember Gomer's sale report pics'n'all....
Those burdened by distance need our fix too.

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ok
Orix wasn't selling because he was flying out to the US yesterday lucky stiff.
there were 2pr of african silverbills, my first time seeing them inn the flesh, $400 a pair plus the same seller (Watts, A. from forbes) had 2pr of blue caps for $270 p/p. Southy was there, red siskins (didn't see price) and a pair of blue caps $300.
lots of ruddies, some pieds, normals, no pinks from what i remember, LOTS of gouldians, mostly normals for once, some Aus yellows and dilutes, lots of YHs. pair of madagascar weavers, $200, pair of Grenadiers $350, lots of tri coloured parrot finches, ranging in price, 3pr black fronted crimsons, one pair with pied wing markings, 2pr of diamonds (unusual for our sales), the most STUNNING pair of normal RH gouldians I've ever seen, from Adam Fitzgerald, male had the most blue I've ever seen on a normal gouldian, all over his head behind his face mask and a long way up his rump. shame he sold too quick for a photo. Spice finch (unsexed) for $20, came close but decided against it because I'm getting tri nuns, same with a single chestnut which a guy had just bought but offered to me because he could see me staring lustfully at it such nice people.
lots of zebs, boy those slates re lovely, would have gotten them instead of fawns but no slate hens available. Mixes of charcoals, fawns, whites, CFWs, silvers and res around too. plus a few pairs of scruffy normals.
lots of painteds, a few plumheads, green singers, canaries, a black headed nun, chuckar partridges, rosella mutations, princess parrots, blue faced parrot finches (no reds, which surprised me), cubans, jacarinis, orange breasts are going now for just $45 which is nice, hope it stays that way .
some very odd king quail mutations, jap quails, a long-billed corella, king parrots, cordons, and I think that's about it

I have 11 pics but they will take ages to upload so will do it later

Thanks Jaybird....
whets my appetite for other upcoming sales,
looking forward to seeing some wishlist birds at Gunnedah sale soon.
what do forum members normally look like in there natural state?
Any forum shirts out there yet?
(note to self/start hoarding the cash).
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