The  BIRDS club asked me to give my presentation again for their show on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 3:00 pm at the People’s Village within Tiendesitas.

I was amazed by the remnant trophy birds on display.  Some I’ve never seen previously and I was particularly impressed by a pied Star which rather than being a normal flecked with white they had displayed a normal cock bird with large areas of clear yellow and a very intense red facial mask.  I’m not one for mutations but this was a particularly striking combination.  I’m not even sure this mutation occurs in Australia.  Also on display were cock cordon bleus, a pair of paradise whydahs (the owner has 3 pr of St Helena’s so with a little effort it might even be possible to breed them), a Masked X Longtail hybrid, yellow Stars, Diamond Sparrows, Canaries, various zebra mutations and Society finches.