“Experiences with Beautiful Firetails and Red Crested Finches”
Speaker: Dave Whaley
Venue: Morningside Hall, corner Thynne Road and Wynnum Road, Morningside.
Date: 5 July 2024
Time: 6:30pm for 7:30pm start.
Our speaker for July is David Whaley, current President of the Mornington Peninsula Avicultural Society, member of Australian Aviculture Society, The Victorian Zebra Finch Society, and The Queensland Finch Society. David’s interest in birds is not just keeping them in captivity, he also enjoys travelling around Australia and the world seeing birds in captivity and in the wild, particularly species he keeps in his aviaries that appear in the wild. These highlights included Gouldian Finches in Wyndham (WA); Golden Shouldered Parrots in Queensland; and recently Turquoise Parrots near Wangaratta in Victoria.
David first started keeping birds at a young age when he kept budgerigars and zebra finches. In addition to breeding birds he enjoyed showing birds early on and has enjoyed experiencing this again in the last few years. Over the past 35 years, David has bred many other species, including large native Pigeons, Doves, Quail, Softbills, Parrots and Cockatoos, but his main passion is Finches and small Parrots, in particular rare and challenging species.
At the moment some of the birds he is concentrating on are Swift Parrots and Red and Blue Backed Western Rosellas. For QFS David will speak about his experiences of keeping Beautiful Firetails and Red Crested Finches – two challenging species. He will cover diet, housing, breeding and problems associated with these birds. Come along. We will persevere and try Zoom again.
