AFA OFFICERS & MEMBER CLUBS AMERICAN FEDERATION OF AVICULTURE® The Mission of the AFA is to Promote the Advancement of Aviculture Through Education. Officers NANCY SPEED, President BRENT W. GATTIS, 2nd Vice President BRENT ANDRUS, Chief Financial Officer 662-673-8100 202-256-0417 702-327-2042 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] JAMIE WHITTAKER, 1st Vice President CAROL WOODSON, Secretary BENNY J. GALLAWAY, Ph.D., Past President 281-217-0614 804-264-8551 979-775-2000 | fax 979-775-2002 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] NORTHWESTERN REGION ALASKA MONTANA WASHINGTON NORTH CENTRAL State Coordinator: * State Coordinator: State Coordinator: REGION Director: Julie Corwin Pamela Bompart Blake Iverson IDAHO 206-772-1730 406-933-5704 [email protected] Director: Carol Lee State Coordinator: * [email protected] Montana Bird Club 425-443-1198 402-679-4223 Northwest Exotic Bird Society NorthCentralDirector@ OREGON Cascade Canary Breeders afabirds.org State Coordinator: Association Bob Nelson IOWA Olympic Bird Fanciers [email protected] State Coordinator: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA & HAWAII REGION Sharing Our Hearts Northwest Bird Club William Wells Director: Mary Lou Chambers 319-355-5631 530-527-0891 [email protected] [email protected] Mid-America Cage Bird WESTERN REGION CALIFORNIA (NORTH) HAWAII Society State Coordinators: State coordinator: * Director: Alycia Antheunisse (Acting) KANSAS Ron Fairlee 209-333-2185 State Coordinator: 530-553-6731 [email protected] Mike Langarot Laurie Baker 620-429-1872 ARIZONA (NORTH) NEVADA [email protected] 925-681-2473 State Coordinator: * State Coordinator: * [email protected] Arizona Avian Breeders South Nevada Parrot Ed, Rescue MINNESOTA Tiffany Latino Association and Rehoming Society State Coordinator: 916-338-0505 Arizona Seed Crackers Reno Area Avian Enthusiasts Karen Anderson [email protected] Avicultural Society of Tucson Las Vegas Avicultural Society 612-695-7891 [email protected] Rodney Silva ARIZONA (SOUTH) NEW MEXICO 209-533-3496 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA State Coordinator: State Coordinator: [email protected] REGION Joyce Lekawa Sandi Brennan Butte County Bird Club 520-790-7587 505-281-7729 Capitol City Bird Society, Inc. Director: Genny Wall [email protected] [email protected] Central California Avian Society 949-859-0861 Avicultural Society of Tucson High Desert Bird Club of New SOUTH CENTRAL Contra Costa Avian Society SCaliforniaDirector@ Arizona Aviculture Society Mexico REGION Foothill Bird Fanciers afabirds.org New Mexico Bird Club Inc. Gold Country Avicultural COLORADO Director: Georgia Hayes Society Redwood Empire Cage SAN DIEGO AREA State Coordinator: UTAH 713-816-9670 Bird Club State Coordinator: Gabrielle Alexander State Coordinator: SouthCentralDirector@ Santa Clara Valley Canary & Jerry Jennings 303-860-2885 Shawna Augustine afabirds.org Exotic Bird Club [email protected] [email protected] 801-750-8837 Finch Society of San Diego Rocky Mountain Society of [email protected] ARKANSAS County Aviculture, Inc. Wasatch Avian Education Society State Coordinator: Susan Ferguson San Diego Bird Breeders WYOMING Association 479-883-0802 State Coordinator:* [email protected] LOS ANGELES AREA State Coordinator: LOUISIANA Alexandrea Culp NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS State Coordinator: Ivan Frugé 714-894-6146 Specialty VP OPEN [email protected] [email protected] Contact Julie Corwin 206-772-1730 if interested 337-884-8563 State Coordinator 2: African Love Bird Society Loro Parque Fundación Acadiana Bird Club Rockie Mooney American Budgerigar Society Lory League 562-868-8292 American Cockatiel Society National Cockatiel Society MISSOURI State Coordinator: Orange County Bird Avicultural Society of National Finch & Softbill Breeders America Society Georgia Fletcher www.parrotposse.com South Bay Bird Society Caique Enthusiasts of National Parrot Rescue & West Valley Bird Society America Preservation Foundation 314-504-5019 Gateway Parrot Club Celebrate Parrots Group North American Parrot Cockatiel Foundation, Inc. Society Golden Conure Society The Parrot Fund International Conure Pionus Breeders Association For information about contacting any of these member clubs, Association psittaculaworld.org please call that club’s state coordinator. * Position open. Contact International Quaker Pyrrhura Breeders Regional Director if interested in position. ** Two-year term has Parakeet Society Inc. Association been fulfilled. If no interested party comes forward and indicates a Lineolated Parakeet Society Society of Parrot Breeders & desire to serve, incumbent remains in position. Exhibitors Inc. 74 Volume XLI • Number 1-2 • 2014 AFA OFFICERS & MEMBER CLUBS NORTHEASTERN REGION Director: Concetta Ferragamo MID-EASTERN REGION [email protected] 603-540-6151 MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK (West) Director: Jason Crean State Coordinator: State Coordinator: 630-336-0197 CONNECTICUT Robin Shewokis Charlie Gonder, RN, MBA MidEastDirector@ State Coordinator: 781-608-6576 (acting) afabirds.org Barbara Cosgrove [email protected] 516-241-8666 ILLINOIS 860-621-5790 Massachusetts Cage Bird Assoc. Charles@ [email protected] wingingitaviary.com State Coordinator: NEW HAMPSHIRE Connecticut Parrot Society Capital Region Parrot Society Sheryl Robinson State Coordinator: Connecticut Assoc. for Parrot Safari Northeast Bird 847-254-0591 George Messenger, DVM, Aviculture Club [email protected] Dipl. ABVP-Avian Heart of Illinois Bird Club NEBRASKA MAINE 603-229-0674 RHODE ISLAND Illini Bird Fanciers State Coordinator: State Coordinator: [email protected] State Coordinator: Avicultural Society of Chloe Welstead George Messenger, DVM, Birds of a Feather Avicultural Pat Tucker/Acting Chicagoland 402-782-6101 Dipl. ABVP-Avian (Acting) Society [email protected] Greater Chicago Cage Bird [email protected] 603-229-0674 Parrot Society of New 978-443-5218 Club, Inc [email protected] England NORTH DAKOTA VERMONT INDIANA Birds of a Feather Avicultural State Coordinator: NEW YORK (East) State Coordinator: * State Coordinator: Society Kelly Matthews State Coordinator: Valyn Dall (Interim) Parrot Safari New England 701-426-5074 Dr. Lanette Raymond (765) 479-0033 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 516-996-8483 SOUTH DAKOTA Michiana Bird Society Long Island Parrot Society State Coordinator: MICHIGAN Barb Paur State Coordinator: MID-ATLANTIC REGION 605-787-7788 Francine L. Andersen [email protected] 517-646-7064 Regional Director: Ed Maher WISCONSIN [email protected] 804-385-4435 [email protected] State Coordinator: * OHIO Kenosha Exotic Bird Club State Coordinator: DELAWARE PENNSYLVANIA Sassy Pickard State Coordinator: * State Coordinator: Francis D. Hilario 330-881-6543 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 215-917-8073 [email protected] State Coordinator: [email protected] Brent W. Gattis Berks County Bird Club 202-256-0417 SOUTHEASTERN REGION Chester County Bird Club [email protected] Delco Bird Club Inc Director: Dr Greg Burkett MARYLAND* Erie Cage Bird Club Dipl. ABVP-Avian State Coordinator: * 919-490-3001 VIRGlNlA [email protected] NEW JERSEY State Coordinator: OKLAHOMA State Coordinator: Carol Woodson State Coordinator: ALABAMA Terri Jones 804-264-8551 Marcy Covault State Coordinator: * 732-995-8562 [email protected] 580-250-1781 Central Alabama Avicultural Society [email protected] Commonwealth Avicultural Society [email protected] GEORGIA The Real Macaw Parrot Club National Capitol Bird Club Oklahoma Avicultural Society State Coordinator: * Pet Bird Association Of Virginia TEXAS (NORTH) KENTUCKY WEST VIRGINIA State Coordinator: State Coordinator: State Coordinator: Cheryl Burns Jeff Hart Beth Thaxton 817-455-2016 859-733-1775 304-581-3981 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dallas Bird Society Fort Worth Bird Club MISSISSIPPI Texas Bird Breeders & Fanciers Assn State Coordinator: * FLORIDA • PUERTO RICO • VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION TEXAS (SOUTH) NORTH CAROLINA State Coordinator: State Coordinator: Director: Fred Smith Kathy Heaton April Blazich 863-858-6739 713-455-1200 [email protected] [email protected] 919-851-8079 [email protected] FLORIDA (NORTH) FLORIDA (SOUTH) Raleigh-Durham Caged Bird Society 2 Luv Birds Flock State Coordinator: * State Coordinator: Smoky Mountain Cage Bird Society Alamo Exhibition Bird Club Gainesville Bird Fanciers Terry Denton/Interim Coastal Bend Companion Bird Club SOUTH CAROLINA Tri-State Avian Society 954-441-1967 Houston Avicultural Assoc. State Coordinator: [email protected] FLORIDA (CENTRAL) Houston Budgerigar Society Susan Saylor State Coordinator: PUERTO RICO Triangle Bird Club 843-763-8081 Ginny Heptig Coordinator: * [email protected] 321-952-9780 VIRGIN ISLANDS TENNESSEE [email protected] Coordinator: * State Coordinator: Florida Federation of Aviculture Beth Rowan Florida West Coast Avian Society [email protected] Hernando Exotic Bird Club 615-443-4204 Imperial Bird Club Middle Tennessee Cage Bird Club Treasure Coast Exotic Bird Club AFA Watchbird 75 AFA CLASSIFIEDS PARROT BEHAVIOR CONSULTANT: Positive- WE ARE OFFERING BREEDING PARROTS because FOR SALE & SERVICES Natural-Practical help for you and your parrot. of our upcoming retirement. Merrick’s Parrots Thirty years of experience helping people (408) 778-8283 or www.rparrots.com. Macaws, BIRD SPECIALIST, Alan Fudge DVM DipABVP- and parrots to live happier lives together. Eclectus, Amazons, Rosies. Green-winged,