National Cage Bird Show, Denver CO

[birdlady49]

The National started today and it runs through Saturday the 17th of November. It's at the Holiday Inn, I70 and Chambers Road.

I spent the day there today but wasn't able to see many of the show birds as they were still judging. So I spent most of the day walking around the vendors' booths and the sales room before helping out at the Gabriel Foundation booth. Seventy-five percent of the birds in the sales room were canaries. Mind you I love canaries but I was surprised to see so many. There were some cockatiels, a few lineoated parakeets (spell?), and a variety of finches.

Then there was this poor, plucked CAG. The woman he lived with could no longer care for him. But she was so "proud" to talk about his diet....steak, hamburger meat, an occasional carrot, and sunflower seeds. Geesh, I would pluck too if that were my diet!

The bird was being sold to the "best offer" which p*ssed me off big time.

But the best news in the world is that the Gabriel Foundation made the "best offer." The seller was going to leave the bird on the "auction block" through Saturday but I convinced them to let the bird go with Gabriel.

The other thing that p*ssed me off big time about the show is that they allowed a four-month old Hyacinth to be there (at one of the vendor booths, not in the sales room). They claimed they weren't selling it until it was weaned. But answer me one thing: why oh why did they bring the bird to the show then and expose it to gawd knows what????!! I had a few words with them but they poo-pooed me.

Throughout the vendor area, there was every type of bird imaginable for sale, including a mutation of the green cheek conure, which I had never seen before -- the pineapple. Pretty. But not for me. Good old Sally Blanchard was there but we don't talk.

Entered in the show were three eastern rosella mutations. They were all yellow with some red spots on their back and wings. Interesting but, again, not for me.

All in all I was disappointed in the show but I did manage to come home with about $100 in toys.

[aphoeniceus]

I really really wanted to go. But decided I didn't want to spend money I don't have LOL. I guess I could still go today, but I am afraid I will bring home another fid. Glad you had fun though, if I didn't live in Ft Collins I would be more willing to check it out.