Santa Clara Bird Club  PO Box 3466 Santa Clara, CA. 95055-3466

Santa Clara Valley Canary & Exotic Bird Club, founded in 1958

President's Message archive

President's Message June 2009

Dear Members, By now, most of you canary people are almost done breeding. Time to fatten up those babies, pick the ones you want to keep, and get ready to start filling the orders. It is the same process for the other bird types at different times of the year. I need someone to step up to the plate and tell us the secrets of other breeds. At the May meeting, one of the things we discussed was changing the format of th monthly meetings. We are trying to find out if we could get better attendance if we eliminated the lunch and changed the time of the meeting. It's getting time to start making your donations for ads and sponsorships for the show. You will be getting reminders soon. We ended the meeting discussing the '09 show: same location as '08 same hotel same dinner location
We are still missing the following information: TIMBRADOS: judge, secretary, steward FINCHES: secretary COCKATIELS: judge, secretary, steward BUDGIES: judge, secretary, steward

We will have an auction again! That means we need donations of bird stuff: birds, cages, misc.

Thank you for your support,

Barry Cohen, President and show chairman

American Cage Bird Magazine backissues for sale

Calendar as of 06-25-09:

Meeting location

• July 12, Annual Club BBQ Look for your BBQ details postcard in the mail next week!
• August - No meeting
• August 16, Northern California Exotic Bird & Supply Expo, location: Alameda County Fairgrounds. 9 AM to 4 PM.
• September 13, general meeting 3pm trial start time, no lunch, bring snacks to share,
• October no meeting
• November 8, meeting time to be decided at the September meeting
  Annual Elections
• December 12, our Annual Bird Show
• January 10, 2010 - meeting to review show and plan for 2010

Our present membership represents the entire Bay Area as well as many points far beyond. From a group of approximately 17 members, the Club has grown to well over 50 members. Our monthly meetings are generally held on the second Sunday of each month and are combined with a potluck lunch. Special activities include the Summer BBQ, Bird Auctions in February and October, and the Annual Bird Show in December each year. The Club is affiliated with the American Federation of Aviculture and keeps currently informed on the conditions and situations of the wild bird population, as well as the welfare of the various cage birds.

Regular Membership $25.00/year (mail-in form)

Commercial Membership $50.00/year (mail-in form)

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