,...-- -.- -- - - - ---. Clubs Specializing in African Birds . .. BIRDSEED ~ The newsletter of APS, The African The Ark, contains articles about breeding -~ MricanParrot Society African species, and also articles for KESTER'S INC. byIsabel Taylor pet owners. Observant pet owners Saluda, North Carolina provide valuable information on P.O. Box 516-WB, Omro, WI 54963 behavior and often become future CLEAN QUALITY breeders. We have had many requests MIXES The African Parrot Society was from owners of African Gray pets for & started in the summer of 1990. Written help with these intelligent birds. We CUSTOM MIXES information about African parrots has Available give up-to-date veterinary advise and per hundred Ibs. always been scarce and it was information and keep abreast of the because of this need that this organi­ Cockatiel $33.00 latest research. We are now in touch zation was formed. Lovebird $29.00 with some field researchers of these The African Parrot Society CAPS) is a birds, whose observations in the wild Deluxe Parakeet .. $29.00 non-profit international organization will be very valuable to us. Working Deluxe Parrot .... $36.00 with members in six foreign countries. with zoologists to try to coordinate also mixes for Canary and Finch above prices do not Include shipping and handling APS was started following the demise our efforts with other branches of the Send for our complete list. Many other seed of The POicephalus Newsletter, but avian world and to understand differ­ items /lVolloble and smaller quantities. includes African Grays and Vasas as ent points ofview is also an important Breeder well as the Poicephalus species. We part of a speciality organization. Last, Inquiries felt it very important that the newslet­ but not least, we try to have a sense of Invited ter be contributed to by as many peo­ humor about ourselves and what we ple as possible, acknowledging that are doing. "Little Nikki" articles with (414) 685-2929 we need to share our experiences their unique view of humans and the with these birds. The African Parrot world from the bird cage are enjoyed (800) 558-8815 Society strives to be an organization in by all. outside Wisconsin which its members participate. Mem­ .... ..... - ..... The African Parrot Society takes an -_._- ---_..... - bership includes a quarterly newslet­ annual census and those members ter and all members are urged to write who participate will be given free clas­ an article, or at least a paragraph, of sified ads in the newsletter. We sup­ their experience with these birds to port and promote stud books for Magnolia Bird support each other and further the Vasas, Capes, Ruppell's, Yellow­ body ofknowledge about these birds. faced, Niam-Niam and Jardine's Farm The stated goals ofthe society are: Parrots and urge anyone with these 1. Encourage high standards and species to join and cooperate with us. promote responsible breeding of Afri­ You do not have to be a member of We can parrots by aviculturists and zoolo­ APS to participate in any studbook. Buy gical institutions. Dave Blynn is the studbook keeper. 2. Share information about breed­ We urge owners with rare Poicepha­ Birds ing, behavior and management Ius species to gather as much informa­ through a periodic newsletter to bene­ tion and experience with common • fit the preservation of these species in Poicephalus species as possible We captivity. before working with the rare species. 3. Promote the protection of these The California condor program "prac­ Sell species in the wild and the preserva­ ticed" with Andean condors first and Birds ~ tion oftheir habitat. this resulted in success. Many of these 4. Promote a better liaison between species are so rare that the loss of one Complete Bird Supplies aviculturists, ornithologists, field individual may decide the fate of that researchers, zoo personnel and veter­ species in captivity. We are a groWing 8990 Cerritos Ave. Anaheim, CA 92804 inarians. and changing society and welcome (714) 527-3387 5. Establish snldbooks to insure gen­ members and ideas from all con­ etic diversity. (closed for vacation, first 2 weeks ofJuly) cerned aviculturists and pet owners. 6. Take an annual census of captive The welfare of these birds is our first 12200 Magnolia Ave. populations. concern as we promote responsible Riverside, CA 92503 7. Support and encourage veterin­ and ethical ownership. Very few zoos (909) 278-0878 ary, aviculrural and field research. in the world are breeding African par­ (closed for vacation, first 2 weeks ofAugust) 8. Promote cooperation between the rots, thus every breeder's aviary OPEN 9 TO 5 DAILY owners of rare species so these birds becomes an Ark, preserving species Closed Sun., Mon. & holidays will have a chance to breed and be for the future. Since very few ofus can established in captivity. keep enough individual birds ofa spe- 18 June / July 1993 cies to preserve them from extinction, individuals attended this first meeting that position since the first journal was we must cooperate and work and, by the end of the day, 62 individ­ published in October of 1976. The together. uals had joined paying an initial mem­ journal is now published bi-monthly The APS is a non-profit organization bership fee of $10. This in itself was with the exception of a December nln by volunteers and welcomes your quite amazing since the membership journal and a January roster. help and participation. Membership fee for the Avicultural Society at the The Society still remains very strong ($15 per year) and information can be time was only seven dollars. Members with an international membership obtained from Randy Karg, P.O. Box were promised monthly meetings to from some 20 different countries, as 204, Clarinda, Iowa, 51632-4190.• be held throughout southern Califor­ well as a very strong shOWing here in nia and the publication of a profes­ the U.S. The ideals of the Society have sionally prepared journal to be called remained the same, with, perhaps, Agapornis World. some greater support from the show One week later, the ALBS had its cirCUit. Over 50 societies have affili­ first display booth at the second AFA ated with the Love Bird Society and convention held at the Queen Mary in they hold annual bird shows in con­ Long Beach, California. By the end of junction with the Society niles. the convention, the membership had A panel of official judges has been risen to well over 100 members from formed with judges from all over the all over the country and two indivi­ United States. But, even with the duals from overseas. emphasis placed on the shows, the ALBS' close ties with AFA continued Society is first and foremost involved and it was at the fourth convention in the breeding and caring of the Aga­ held in Dallas that ALBS decided with pornis, which is certainly evident in The an international representation to the articles produced in their journal. African Love Bird Society attempt standardization of the color We welcome new members: for further information please contact by Roland Dubuc mutation names for the lovebird. It Vista, California was voted and approved at that time Janice Pritchard, c/o ALBS P. O. Box to follow as closely as possible those 142, San Marcos, CA 92079-0142.• names used by the American Budgie ,..--------------­ In 1976, co-founders Lee Horton and Roland Dubuc realized that a very Society. This quickly led to the first classification for the lovebird for any important void needed filling in the major bird show. By 1979, the Society 13irds and avicultural environment. Every state supported and joined the National ~ and many communities had individual Cage Bird Club and had its first major bird clubs but only breeders of canar­ P. O. Box 651, ies and budgies had their own spe­ showing in EI Segundo, California in November. Over 100 birds were cialty societies. With that thought in Yorba Linda, CA 92686 exhibited in the lovebird subdivision mind, the African Love Bird Society (714) 996-BIRD judged by Gene Hall. Today, love­ was founded. The timing seemed or (714) 996-6740 birds have their own division and appropriate, AFA was beginning to soon we hope to have two separate FAX - (714) 996-7004 grow and needed more support and divisions at all major shows, one for QUALITY BIRDS more club affiliations if it were to the peachfaced and one for all other succeed. lovebirds. The goal of the Society was set: We have what "The African Love Bird Society is an In 1979, ALBS challenged all other international non-profit organization AFA affiliates to support AFA further .-..t·you need!!! dedicated to the improvement and by buying, in the club's name, an . Fat, Healthy, standardization of all species of Aga­ additional $100.00 worth of National Saleable Birds ~ pornis and their mutations. The Raffle tickets. In 1980, ALBS took on at "'--~~~'fr Society's purpose is to establish these the task ofcoordinating all ofthe maH­ competitive prices. species and their mutations for future outs for the AFA convention. generations, and to disseminate any The Society itself has changed and Incredible variety of information pertinent to the Agapornis grown over the past 17 years. Monthly Imported and Domestic family through the official journal meetings in California were dropped Hookbills, Finches, Doves Agapornis World." for more national meetings held in and more. A letter of invitation was sent to over conjunction with the AFA convention Ship to your nearest airport. 300 bird breeders, inviting them to and the National and Great American Call for current availability join the newly formed society and to Bird Shows. The strength of the and prices. Society has remained in its journal and attend a meeting to be held on the We buy birds from local breeders.