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The Queensland Finch Society www.qfs.org.au

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24.01.2022 January Table Sale POSTPONED! Due to Covid restrictions. New date (hopefully in Feb) to be advised. Thanks for understanding.

23.01.2022 RENEWAL TIME FOR QFS MEMBERSHIPS IS FAST APPROACHING. REJOIN DURING DECEMBER FOR 2021 - OR DO IT NOW! NOT A MEMBER? - THEN WHY NOT JOIN THE LARGEST FINCH SOCIETY IN AUSTRALIA. TEN REASONS TO JOIN QFS:... - Learn the best techniques for finch aviculture - A great monthly magazine, FINCH NEWS - full colour, packed with articles and news - Monthly general meetings in Brisbane and occasionally elsewhere, excellent speakers, sales table, birds for sale - Connect to fellow breeders through www.qfs.org.au and Facebook - Buy, Sell or Exchange Birds through the magazine or the QFS website - Access to all your bird supply needs through Australian Wildlife Supplies and receive a member discount. - Participate in QFS sales, auctions, shows, aviary visits and workshops. Only Members can sell at our sales. - Support a range of programs to encourage young people into aviculture - Support finch conservation in aviaries and in the wild - Make great friends and gain great enjoyment from aviculture Join through the website - qfs.org.au - or email [email protected] or [email protected] $45 for a one year membership. -

23.01.2022 QFS JANUARY MEETING CANCELLED As a result of the 3 day COVID lockdown for Greater Brisbane announced from 6pm today (Friday, January 8), the QFS January meeting scheduled for tonight is CANCELLED. We will provide further advice about the bird sale on January 17.

17.01.2022 SUCCESSFUL FINCH AUCTION FOR QFS On Sunday, September 13, QFS staged its normal September Auction, although it wasnt quite "normal". Obviously the event operated under a COVID-19 Management Plan, which enforced social distancing, plenty of hand sanitiser, through cleandowns of all chairs and tables, no food available, no cash used etc. We restricted entry to bidders only, so unfortunately children and partners could not attend. Nonetheless the event went off very well. We had... 72 registered bidders, more than last year!, and 134 lots. We had expected there would be more lots and would have accommodated 250. The entered lots reflected a good range of species including Masks, Pictorellas, Hecks, Diamonds, Gouldians, Stars, Yellowrumps, Doublebars, Chestnuts, Crimsons, Blue-Faced Parrotfinches, Fawn Painteds among the Australian species. No Yellow Billed Longtails, Parsons or Diggles though. Also many Exotics such as Ruddies, Orangbreasts, Cordons, Pied Cordons, Tri-Coloured Parrot finches, Auroras, Melbas, Red Strawberries, Green Singers, Golden Song Sparrows, Red-Faced Parrotfinches etc. Also some pairs of pure Turquoisine Parrots, Spinifex Pigeons and Painted Button Quail. So a great mix. Prices were very good (for the sellers) and very few lots were passed in. Hecks were up to $110, Gouldians $100, Crimsons $240, Masks $150, Song Sparrows $210, Auroras $80 to $110. A full report will appear in the next Finch News. We thank all involved for their compliance with COVID requirements. Images show the hall set out with spaced seating, inspecting the birds in single file moving in one direction, the bidders seated in the hall (including some couples allowed to sit side by side) See more

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03.01.2022 EDIT 12-01-21 a DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, the January table sale will be POSTPONED. New date to be advised. AS ADVERTISED IN OUR RECENT MAGAZINES, OUR NORMAL JANUARY BIRD SALE WILL PROCEED ON JANUARY 17 AT MORNINGSIDE HALL IN BRISBANE This will be a very different bird sale and operates under a strict COVID Safe Plan. - A maximum of 23 sellers will be in attendance and most tables are already booked.... - All birds will be sold in corflute auction boxes with two birds per box. - No transfer of birds will be allowed. Buyers buy the birds and the box. - Numbers of people in the hall at any one time will be restricted and controlled. - Buyers will all be issued with a ticket and can enter the hall IN TICKET NUMBER ORDER. - Buyers move through the hall in one direction, entering through the front door and leaving from the back door. They can re-enter the front door after joining the queue. - All buyers will get an opportunity to view all the birds available for a brief period (0800 to 0830) before the sale commences. - the Sale will start at 0830 We trust that buyers understand the need for these restrictions and that the sale will be successful for all. For more information contact Peter McDonald at [email protected]