May/June 2021 - Gippsland Branch
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May/June 2021
www.WimmeraBirdClub.org.au
Committee Executive
President: Greg Hemley Ph: 0429 827 639
Vice President: Paul Gerdtz Ph: 0419598818
Secretary: Karen Unger Ph: 0448 891 175
P.O Box 639 Horsham Vic 3402
Email: wimmerabirdclub@gmail.com
Treasurer: Ryan Johnstone Ph:0409625410
Exchange Steward: Karen Unger Ph: 5389 1175
Email: wimmerabirdclub@gmail.com
Committee Members: Jeff Presuker Ph: 0428307962
Bruce Muller Ph: 0429915235
Trip coordinator: Greg Hemley Ph:0429 827 639
Catering: The meeting host
Website Editor: Paul Gerdtz and Dale Cray
Newsletter Editor: Stacy Whitehorse
E: stacy.whitehorse@yahoo.com.au
Next Meeting:
June 2021
No meeting
Following Meetings:
July 4th 2021
J Presuker Haven Ph: 0428307962
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August 1st R Johnstone Haven Ph: 0409625410
Sept 5th G & B Hemley Stawell Ph: 0429827639
Oct 5th F Cray Stawell Ph: 53 583175
Nov 7th K Unger Dimboola Ph: 0448891175
Dec Christmas break up Date and Venue to be decided
Please note: meetings can be cancelled at short notice due to
COVID restrictions.
Please note: All meetings subject to COVID rules as outlined
in the syllabus.
From the President Hello to everyone, hoping to find you all well, we are half way through the year and hoping things can only get better. Unfortunately we lost one of our long time members Joyce Unger recently, Joyce was a lovely person with a very kind heart, and was a very passionate member of the bird club, she will be sadly missed. All members wish Karen and her family heartfelt condolences. We have just held our Bird Expo on the 8th of May, with many sellers and buyers attending, with good sales of birds, the day went off without any hick ups. I would like to thank all the people who put in a big effort to help set up, work in their various roles in running the sale and the clean up after the sale, A really great job, Well Done! Hoping to see everyone at Jeff and Meghans meeting in July. Cheers Greg. Welcome The Wimmera Bird Club warmly welcomes new members.
Meeting Catering Catering will now be done by the meeting hosts. This means the purchasing of the meats for a cold spread or a BBQ. Remember to save the receipts. Hosts must access the club kit of cups and plates etc from the previous meetings’ host prior to the meeting. If you have any questions, please contact Greg or Karen. Wimmera Bird Club Inc. Bird Expo / Sales Dates ! Centre West Branch ASA --- Saturday 10th July ! Gippsland Cage Birds --- Sunday 18th July ! Avicultural Society Australia --- Sunday 25th July ! Ballarat Branch ASA --- Saturday 7th August ! Bendigo Branch ASA --- Sunday 15th August ! Gippsland Branch ASA --- Sunday 5th September
Our Bird Expo May 8th 2021 Wimmera Bird Club held their annual bird expo at Stawell S.E.S. hall on Saturday 8th May 2021. Sellers and buyers came from across Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales with plenty of birds for sale along with bird carry boxes and plenty of seed and other accessories. Plenty of birds found new homes and seed and nuts were very popular also. According to club President Greg Hemley the sale went according to plan and was a great success. The response from sellers was most pleasing and many indicated their willingness to return next year. Trade tables were well represented again from local businesses and food was also available in the large seated area near the front hall. President Greg paid tribute to those who worked tirelessly in setting up on the day prior and also to those who helped on the day to ensure everything went smoothly. A huge thank you to Greg and Bron for the huge amount of work that they do behind the scenes to ensure nothing was missed. We were indeed fortunate to even have an expo this year after an extremely difficult 2020 and several expos being cancelled after another outbreak hits Victoria again. David Tonisson
Guess who! (Hint: could be David and could be Bron??)
Photos from our expo….
Petstock display
Transfer cageCanaries Parrots
From the editor… I have spent the last couple of weeks involved with the anti - duck shooting people. Let’s say that thankfully it is slowly dying out and hopefully the seasons will come to an end, especially for Laurie Levy who turns 80 this year and has been trying to end duck shooting for many, many years. Whether you are a duck shooter or not it is important to see shooting ducks as an activity that causes suffering to our feathered friends. I have personally seen cruelty to these little birds, I have seen species shot that were not on the ‘legal’ list at Little Lake Buloke, and I have personally waded across Lake Toolondo to retrieve an injured duck that ultimately needed to be euthanized. Very distressing to me because a human shot it and didn’t do a good enough job, now another human (me) had to finish the job to a frightened and injured little bird. Personally I think it ok if a person wants to eat ducks, there are specialist producers who will supply ducks but to have now seen what these little birds have to endure has caused me to rethink what is acceptable. I think whether it is our aviary birds we love or the wild ones, they can all give us pleasure and enjoyment and they are all something to be admired because all birds are such interesting and unassuming creatures that are happiest just being birds. Enjoy your birds, Stacy
GOT MICE OR RATS I thought this was interesting, another way to get rid of mice and rats. This information came from a camping site. So here it is: chop up a sweet potato and throw or put it around. Sweet potato forms cyanide in their stomach and they love it, the sweet potato, not the cyanide. As the person could not buy any bait, they googled this idea with the sweet potato throwing it all around. Result: 6 dead rats and heaps of dead mice. Give it a go cheap and safe. Karen.
Bird Rings Just to let members know our club does have bird rings to purchase. If you require any contact Karen on 0448891175 and I will bring to the next meeting. Also I will have them with me at all meetings. Karen
Wimmera Bird Club Inc.
Exchange List May 2021
Exchange Steward : K Unger
Phone : 0353891175 or 0448891175
Email : wimmerabirdclub@gmail.com
Sandra – 0353915235 Licence no – 120462232A
Mulga parrot x 1c, smokers x 1c, crimson belly conuer x 1,
cocktiels, barraband c, Adelaide rosella c
Paul – 0419598819 Licence no – 12420626B
Golden shoulder breeding pr, yellow billed longtail finch, king
quail, emblem finches
Ryan – 0409625410 Licence no – 13725226B
Pale head rosella, plumbhead parrots, pied kakarikiis, reagents
parrot c & h, budgies various, plumhead finch c, bourkes various,
redcapped parrots – DNA sexed, elegant parrots
Ian – 0428341373 Licence no – 13725226B
Red vented blue bonnets pr & young h, plumhead prLaurie – 0409891963 King jap quail Karen – 0448891175 Pure zebra finch, charcol finch, zebra finch good colours, canaries Stacy 0418851112 Licence no 14244323A Bonded pair Major Mitchells, youngish. You can email changes to bird list if you wish by the next meeting date. NO LATER email: wimmerbirdclub@gmail.com
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