March 2007 Photo Contest! - Click Here For Contest Info!

[Kevin]

MARCH PHOTO CONTEST WINNER(S) WILL RECIEVE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

This month BirdBoard would like to congradulate & help celebrate AvianFashions.com 10 year anniversary since inventing the Flight Suit / Bird Diaper.
We have 2 Photo Contest Categories & Gift Prizes For Each Category Available!

THEME(S)

1) Flight Suit Contest - Submit a photo of your bird in a flight suit and you could win one of Lorraine Moore's favorite bird toys, tuxedo tail costume, leash & liners. To View Product - Click Here

AND

2) Catch your bird is the Easter Spirit ( ie Posing with or around Decorative Easter Eggs, Baskets, Bunnys etc

Winner of this category will recieve the "Festive Spring Fun Pack" leash & liners
customized goffin cockatoos , pigeons, africangreys





Inventors of the Flight Suit!
- What is a flight suit? Got More Questions? Click Here

They also have a wide variety of Leashes & Harnesses, Bird Toys, Bird Diapers, Feather Protectors, Costumes & Outfits, and much more!




Videos:

How to wear BroadBand | Dial Up

Flight Suit Broadband | Dial Up


Want to ORDER a flightsuit / avian fashion outfit? Call 1.888.412.7667 or visit their website http://www.AvianFashions.com and tell them BirdBoard sent ya over!
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Entry information:
1. To enter the contest you must be registered as a member of birdboard.com
If you haven't joined birdboard already, click here to join for free!

2. Photo's must be original and not altered with outside graphics or effects.

3. All photo's must be submitted by Midnight on April 10th, 2007.

4. Entries MUST be uploaded to our photo album and placed under the category March 2007 Photo Contest. (Entries misplaced will not be considered eligible for the photo contest.)

5. You can enter as many photo entries as you wish, however a max of only 1 photo per person will make the final voting round.

6. If you are selected as a finalist by the moderating team and sponsor, your photo will be posted along with other finalists and the winner way of public voting shall receive a gift prize to be announced shortly from AvianFashions.com

7. You agree to allow AvianFashions to use Flight Suit Photo Submissions for there graphics, advertising, etc... Just think your bird could be the next spokesbird for AvianFashions.com

7. To upload your photo's please visit: http://www.birdboard.com/album/uploadphoto.php

[Kevin]

Alittle background on AvianFashions!

Lorraine Moore wanted to find a way to let her pet birds, three cockatiels, out of their cage without getting bird poop everywhere. When she designed her first bird diaper, she immediately started thinking big. "It was one of those things where you just kind of get the chills," Lorraine recalls. "I thought, this could really be something." The bird diaper itself is a tiny slip of Lycra with thin elastic straps that go over the wings. The end of it cups over the bird's tail, and there's a pouch under the bird so the mess stays away from its feathers.

A dual-military family, then living in San Diego, California, Lorraine and her husband, Mark, started perfecting the design to allow for flight, comfort and cleanliness. They teamed up with talented fabric designer, Cely Giron, and designed the "FlightSuit". They were amazed by the positive response they received from other bird owners and interested observers. That inspired the Moore's to file for a patent and to produce FlightSuits for retail sale. It was tough winning over the entire bird-owning community. "The culture was, 'If you like birds, then you like the mess, and that's the way it is,'" Mark says. That's one reason the couple called its invention the FlightSuit, to minimize the diaper association, though the name was also inspired by the comfort and freedom that military flight suits provide pilots.

In January 1996, Lorraine and Mark started selling the product on their web site. Business was slow at first but grew steadily. In response to customer demand, leashes, costumes and other attire were added to the product line. The success of their fledgling company allowed both Mark and Lorraine to retire from the military in 2002. They moved from the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia to a house in Stafford, Virginia that was big enough for them, their two children, their birds and a booming business.

Mark is a sixth-generation native Californian, where he was a 1977 graduate of Saint Patrick's High School in Vallejo, California. Lorraine was raised in Falls Church, Virginia where she attended Bishop O'Connell High School, graduating in 1978. Both are alumni of Old Dominion University where Lorraine earned her Nursing BSN in 1982 and Mark earned a B.S. in Business concurrent with an Navy ROTC commission in 1985. Lorraine and Mark met through ODU's Campus Ministry, and were married in 1983. Mark went on to pursue a Masters of Education from The George Washington University in 1998, and a Virginia Teacher certification through ODU's Military Career Transition Program at Quantico, Virginia 1999 through 2002. Mark and Lorraine have two children, Nick and Geni. The family also includes their feathered friends Maddie (Umbrella Cockatoo), Rainbow (Nancap Conure), Seneca (Cockatiel) and Flick (Parakeet).

[kristy29]

I have two parakeets who aren't very tame, and an untame parrotlet. If I were to enter the contest and win, is it possible to substitute another item (such as a toy) from their website?

If not, I guess I could always donate it.

Thanks,
Kristy

[Kevin]

For this particular contest Avian Fashions has sent the items so exchanging them is probably out as an option. As far as donating them, that is up to you!

[Bonesy]

Are people in the UK eligible for the prizes?

[Kevin]

Everyone is eligle to win these prizes.

[Xavier]

That's great! Because my mom and sister are both getting married, and I was going to buy a tux for Indy! Hopefully I can win it instead.

[Tiki]

Keev, you say that Avian Fashions has already sent a prize. I know these products must fit exactly so what if the flight suit is the wrong size for the bird? Also the tuxedo doesn't appear to come in sizes for small birds.

[Kevin]

If an exchange can be done tha twill better serve the winner ie another size is available... Then an exchange can be made

[Kevin]

keepem coming