Sightings at the NCA Spring Bird Mart

[catschair]

The fair is at Bates Nut Farm this year (pause for the smart remarks), which is a lot of fun. They have some wonderful critters of their own year round






joined for the day by lots of toys & cages

[catschair]

And a variety of strange birds -- foreign and domestic

[catschair]

[huntress]

Oooo those doves were pretty. Those parrotlets were kinda shaggy.

[birdyland]

Sorry I missed you and Mike.... Danny figured it would be a good place to try the new camera. We actually weren't there very long, but here's what we've got.

BGs





A Baby Scarlet



A Golden (queen of bavaria) Macaw, Conure they won't make up their minds!



A pretty GW approx 30 yrs old and a sweetie



A baby M2, that was crying whenever it saw a person




A lady had a stroller for her birds... great idea!



A girl holding a cute bunny.

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Overview of the setup



A barn in the distance



The farm's general store

[catschair]

Great shots! I would have waited -- but it was getting a bit toasty, car said 117 degrees (she was in the shade when I arrived )

[my-africangrey-echo]

Wow beautiful The bird fairs we have out here in the PA OH areas are not nearly as good.. But they have awesome deals at least!!

[birdyland]

This show was no 'deal' lol. But it was a nice visit. The toys were really expensive, and the place is in the middle of nowhere so it was quite a drive for most anyone. There was one booth that had 50% off toys.... that made them reasonable and I purchased a few, but otherwise everything seemed very overpriced to me.

[brilliantfeathers]

Aweome!!! That makes our bird fairs look tiny! LOL

[Valo's Moirana]

mary, the first pic in the second post - i'm interested in those birds... never seen them before. do you have more info on those? (aka how loud are they, messy, do they bite and do they breed well in captivity?)

great shots - looks like a nice setup that invites to meet people... too bad there weren't that many bargains (i always like that aspect of bird fairs)