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Bird Fair and Show – Murfreesboro, TN – Sep. 11-12, 2010 June 27, 2010

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Heart Of Tennessee Aviculture Society
Exotic Bird Fair And Show
Fair: Sept. 11th & 12th, 2010
Time : Sat. 9-5  Sunday 10 – 4
Birds – Cages – Toys – Seed – Auctions

Shows: Sat Only 10:00a.m till ?

Hospitality: Sat. Night 6:30 At The Motel Listed Below Free!

Bird Entry: Friday: 6pm – 8pm  Saturday: 7am – 9am
AWARDS: Crystal, Rosettes & Ribbons.
JUDGE: Annette Howard.
2 Divisions NAPS: Hookbills & NFSS:Finches & Softbills.

Middle Tennessee State University
Tennessee Livestock Center, Murfreesboro,TN. 37130

INFO:
Fair: James: 615-739-0631- midtnecho@yahoo.com
Show & Fair: Wilma: 615-396-8440- tnma2@comcast.net
Show & Fair: Richard: 931-607-4500- needmorebirds@yahoo.com

Accommodations: Americas Best Value Inn & Suites – 615-896-6030 – Block# 55042.
Ask For Kenny–$42.00 Per Night & Mention Bird Fair!

Club Website: http://www.heartoftnaviculturesociety.com

RI Bird Fair June 26, 2010 – Free Admission June 25, 2010

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Northeast Bird Group
Summer Bird Fair

This SATURDAY..JUNE 26th!

21 Vendors!

toys, cages, accessories, embroidered bird clothing, bird jewelry,
finches, small parrots, parrots, grasskeets, parrotlets, linnies and
lots more….

4097 Diamond Hill Road
Cumberland, RI

FREE ADMISSION
BIRD SHOW

Cockatiel & Small Parrot Divisions

Songbird Smuggler Gets Prison June 9, 2010

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Sony Dong came under investigation in 2008 when customs inspectors at LAX found abandoned luggage that contained 18 birds, five of which were dead.

By Associated Press

BIRD-BRAINED SCHEME: Customs officials arrested the smuggler with 14 Asian songbirds strapped to his socks. (Photo: Splash)

Sony Dong, 46, of Garden Grove, was also ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution to federal authorities who are caring for the birds.
Dong came under investigation in December 2008 when customs inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport found an abandoned piece of luggage that contained 18 birds, five of which were dead, and determined that he had checked it while boarding a flight in Vietnam.
In April 2009, customs officials determined that Dong was scheduled to fly from Vietnam and arrive at LAX. They conducted an inspection and saw bird droppings on his socks and feathers peeking out from under his pants.
Fourteen live birds were found attached to pieces of cloth wrapped around his calves. When officials served a search warrant at Dong’s home, they found 51 additional songbirds.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark A. Williams said a songbird sells between $800 and $1,000 on the black market.
Dong pleaded guilty to illegally importing wildlife.
Prosecutors said the ringleader of the operation, Duc Le, bought plane tickets for Dong and instructed him to purchase the birds and smuggle them into the U.S.
Williams said the birds, which are in quarantine, will be donated to zoos and aviaries.
Copyright 2010  AP News

Amazing survival story of Woodpecker vs. Sparrowhawk

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This amazing photo showed up in my inbox today!   Below is the full story from MailOnline.

Close call: A woodpecker clings on to a wooden pole as it hides from a preying sparrowhawk.

Desperate to avoid the hawk-eyed gaze of his enemy, the woodpecker clings to a fence post, absolutely motionless.

The smaller bird has already had one rather too close encounter with the claws of the sparrowhawk, and now just one involuntary flutter of a wing would be enough to give the game away and turn him into dinner.

Astonishingly, however, while the predator perched on the post swivelling its head from side to side, it never looked down.

nd after more than a minute of failing to spot its prey, it lost interest and flew off.

The drama was caught on film by wildlife photographer Robert Fuller in his garden at Thixendale, near York.

He had seen the sparrowhawk with the woodpecker in its claws and waved his arm to frighten off the bird of prey. That allowed the woodpecker to fly to the sanctuary of the fence post, but ten minutes later the sparrowhawk returned.

Mr Fuller, 37, said: ‘It landed on top of the very post where the woodpecker was.

‘I know that sparrowhawks hunt by movement so as long as the woodpecker remained absolutely still he would be safe.

‘In the end the sparrowhawk moved off and the woodpecker lived to see another day.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1283205/Now-DID-woodpecker-Sparrowhawk-fails-spot-prey-nervous-bird-hides-below.html#ixzz0qNiQSnF6

Beautiful Eclectus Parrot Photo June 4, 2010

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This is a beautiful shot!

Photo credit: Dillon Howard

The diet of the eclectus in the wild consists of mainly fruits, wild figs, unripe nuts, flower and leaf buds, and some seeds. Two favorite fruits are the pomegranate and the papaya (pawpaw) with seeds. In captivity, they will eat most fruits including mangos, figs, guavas, bananas, anymelons, stone fruits (peaches etc), grapes, citrus fruits, pears and apples. The eclectus has an unusually long digestive tract and this is why it requires such a high fiber diet. In captivity the eclectus parrot does benefit from a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, leafy greens such as endive and dandelion, as well as a variety of seeds, including spray millet, and a few nuts such as shelled almonds and shelled walnuts.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclectus_Parrot#Diet

Eclectus Parrot Photo June 2, 2010

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Thank you to Tracy Woodford for photo permission.

There are nine (possibly more) subspecies of Eclectus Parrots, although the species as a whole needs reviewing. Access to many regions where the species occurs is difficult due to both geographical and political reasons, and hence field observations have been limited. Furthermore, many skins were collected in the early part of the 19th century and are deteriorating in some museums.[4] In captivity in the U.S., some of the most common subspecies are the Solomon Island, the Vosmaeri, and the New Guinea Red-sided. In museums in the US, the condition of the skins collected in the late 1800s and early 1900s are in good condition.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclectus_Parrot