63rd NATIONAL CAGE BIRD SHOW · Kansas City, KS · 2011 SHOW REPORT
 
The 63rd National Cage Bird Show was held November 17-19, 2011. The show was hosted by The Kansas City Avicultural Society and the National Cage Bird Show. It was held at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center, Kansas City, Missouri. There were 2042 birds exhibited by 167 exhibitors from 28 states, Puerto Rico and Canada.
 
The Scannell trophy for best bird in show was awarded to a Gloster Corona exhibited by Richard Sampson.
 
The Songbird trophy for best songbird in show was awarded to a Spanish Timbrado exhibited by Joaquin Sanchez
 
The Charles Anchor award for best foreign bird in show was awarded to a Lovebird exhibited by Gary Morgan.
 
Division 1 (Borders) Judged by Ancil Salazar. 106 birds/11 exhibitors
1-Tom Lauber; 2,4,7,8-Paul Dee; 3,5-Luis Belchior; 6,10-Arthur Mederios; 9-Tony Fiumerodo
 
Section 1 (45) 1-Belchior; 2,4-Dee; 3-Mederios
Section 2 (33) 1-Lauber; 2,3-Dee; 4-Fiumerodo
Section 3 (28) 1-Mederios; 2-Belchior; 3,4-Dee
 
Division 2 (Glosters) Judged by Nick Barrett 176 birds/18 exhibitors
1,2,7-Richard Sampson; 3-Winfield Checkley; 4-Jan Davie; 5-Charles Long; 6-George Raftopoulos
 
Section 1 (99) 1-Sampson; 2-Checkley; 3-Long; 4-Raftopoulos
Section 2 (77) 1,3-Sampson; 2-Davie; 4-Raftopoulos
 
Division 3 (Type Canaries) Judged by Noel Rambaran 112 birds/17 exhibitors
1,2-John Kotsoros; 3-Jonel & Nick Djakov; 4-Will Burdett; 5-Michael Sparks; 6,7-Bill Zinke
 
Section 1 (Yorkshires) (42) 1-Kotsoros; 2-Djakov; 3-Milkowski
Section 2 (Norwich) (44) 1-Kotsoros; 2,3-Burdett
Section 3 (Columbus Fancy Crested) (14) 1,2-Zinke; 3-Sparks
Section 4 (Columbus Fancy Smoothhead) (12) 1,3-Sparks; 2-Mena
Section 5 (Other type canaries) () No Report
 
Division 4 (Old Varieties) Judged by Raquel King 100 birds/14 exhibitors
1,3,4-Rudy & Chita Yeganehlayegh; 2-Robert Wild; 5-Rey Mena; 6-Jerry Noble; 7-Lorenzo Torres;
8,10-Tony Guiomar; 9-Maymelle Wong
 
Section 1 (Parisian Frill) (21) 1,2,3-Yeganehlayegh
Section 2 (Northern Dutch Frill) (8) 1-Wong; 2-Guiomar; 3-Warren
Section 3 (Gibber Italicus Frill) (5) 1,2,3-Guiomar
Section 4 (Southern Frill) (7) 1,2,3-Guiomar
Section 5 (Fiorino) (4) 1,2,3-Jones
Section 6 (Any Other Frill) (3) 1,2,3-Yeganehlayegh
Section 7 (Lizards) (24) 1,2,3-Noble
Section 8 (Old Crested Varieties) (2) 1,2-Mena
Section 10 (Belgian Fancy) (6) 1,2-Torres; 3-Lopez
Section 11 (Scot Fancy) (17) 1,2,3-Wild
Section 12 (Lancashire) (3) 1,2,3-Guiomar
 
Division 5 (Hartz Canaries) Judged by Barbara Rosario 61 birds/8 exhibitors
1,2,4,5,6,8-Robert Wild; 3-Judith Miniter; 7-Mary Ellen Schott
 
Section 1 (Hartz Plainhead) (36) 1,2,3-Wild; 4-Schott
Section 2 (Hartz Topknot) (25) 1,3,4-Wild; 2-Miniter
 
Division 6 (Fife Fancy Canaries) Judged by Rudy Diehl 132 birds/21 exhibitors
1,4-Joseph Correia; 2,8,9-Luis Belchior; 3,5-Gabe Estrela; 6-Winfield Checkley; 7-Jeremy/Karen Favia;
10-Cedric Roivanen
 
Section 1 (38) 1-Estrela; 2-Belchior; 3,4-Correia
Section 2 (18) 1-Correia; 2-Roivanen; 3,4-Gonzalez
Section 3 (20) 1-Estrela; 2-Belchior; 3-Roivanen; 4-Checkley
Section 4 (18) 1-Correia; 2-Checkley; 3-Correia; 4-Belchior
Section 5 (38) 1-Belchior; 2-Faria; 3-unknown; 4-Sinis
 
Division 7 (Stafford Canaries) Judged by Sal DiPasquale 77 birds/8 exhibitors
1thru 8 Ð Carl Biers & John Cromwell
Section 1 (16) 1,2-Biers/Cromwell; 3,4-Davie
Section 2 (21) 1,2,3,4- Biers/Cromwell
Section 3 (24) 1,2-Biers/Cromwell; 3-Davie; 4-Jordan
Section 4 (16) 1,2-Biers/Cromwell; 3-Jordan; 4-Baganha
 
Division 8 (Lipochrome) Judged by David Benites 182 birds/28 exhibitors
1-Albert/Hazel Silva; 2-Fred Gatto; 3-unknown; 4-Val Garcia; 5,6,7-Roberto Trincado
 
Section 1 (Red Ground Intensive) () 1-Trincado; 2-Madruga; 3-El-Ayari
Section 2 (Red Ground Frost) () 1,2,3-Trincado
Section 3 (Yellow Grnd Intensive & Frost) () 1,2-Biers/Cromwell; 3-Trincado
Section 4 (White Grnd Dominant & Recessive) () 1,3-Gatto; 2-Garcia
Section 5 (Ivories) () 1-Macedo; 2-Biers/Cromwell; 3-Trincado
Section 6 (Mosaic [Dimorphic] Males) () 1,2-Silva; 3-Biers/Cromwell
Section 7 (Mosaic [dimorphic] Females (1) 1- Biers/Cromwell
 
Division 9 (Melanin Classic) Judged by Henry Vela 125 birds/13 exhibitors
1,2-Fred Gatto; 3-Steve Vavarigos; 4-Albert/Hazel Silva; 5-Emanual Debond; 6,7-Gunter Gieseke
 
Section 1 (Bronze Intensive Including Ivory) (36) 1-Gatto; 2-Vavarigos; 3-Zak;
Section 2 (Bronze Frost Including Ivory) (12) 1,2,3-Gatto
Section 3 (Red Browns Including Ivory) (7) 1-Gatto; 2-Trincado; 3-Launderville
Section 4 (Red Agate 7 Isabel Including Ivory) (8) 1,2,3-Debond
Section 5 (Yellow & White [Gold & Silver]) (36) 1-Vavarigos; 2-Silva; 3-Turner
Section 6 (Classic Melanin Mosaics Males) (19) 1-Gieseke; 2-Trincado; 3-Silva
Section 7 (Classic Melanin Mosaics Females) (7) 1-Gieseke; 2,3-Silva
 
Division 10 (Melanin New Colors) Judged by Rado Pagac 72 birds/13 exhibitors
1,3-Albert/Hazel Silva; 3-Carl Biers/John Cromwell; 4,7-Fred Gatto; 5,6-Gunter Gieseke
 
Section 1 (All Opals) (5) 1,3-Gatto; 2-Silva
Section 2 (All Inos) (10) 1,2,-Gatto; 3-Zak
Section 3 (All Satinets) (8) 1-Launderville; 2-Gatto; 3-Turner
Section 4 (All Pastels) (8) 1,2,3-Biers/Cromwell
Section 5 (All Mosaics [Dimorphic]) (21) 1,2-Silva; 3-Biers/Cromwell
Section 6 (Melanin Mutations, Variegated, Crosses & Emus) (9) 1,2,3-Gieseke
Section 7 (Melanin New Mutations) (11) 1-DeBono; 2-Gatto; 3-Lupo
 
Division 11 (Finches & Softbills) Judged by Laura Tinker 164 birds/27 exhibitors
1,4,8,10-Rebecca Mikel; 2-Susan Stieve; 3,6-Dennis Burhans; 5-Ricardo Gaskin; 7-Bob Peers; 9-Cecil Gunby
 
Section 1 (Softbills) (5) 1,5-Mikel; 2,3-Huntington
Section 2 (Zebra Finches) (45) 1-Gaskin; 2-Burhans; 3-Huntington; 4-Peers
Section 3 (Gouldian Finches) (16) 1-Stieve; 2-Rampersand; 3-Goens; 4-Burhans
Section 4 (AOV Australian Finches) ( 8) 1-Murphy; 2-Mikel; 3-Gunby; 4-Huntington
Section 5 (Indo-Pacific Finches) (14) 1-Murphy, 2,4-Peers; 3-Dandre
Section 6 (Society Finches) (25) 1,3-Burhans; 3-Burns; 4-Culwell
Section 7 (European Finches) (4) 1,4-Peers; 2,3-Mikel
Section 8 (Finches of Africa) (27) 1-Mikel; 2-Gunby; 3-Reaves; 4-Murphy
Section 9 (Finches of the Americas) (4) 1,3,4-Burns; 2-Peers
Section 10 (Doves and Quails) (3) 1-Bewley; 2,3-Dandre
Section 11 (Pairs) (13) 1-Huntington; 2-Burhans; 3-Stieve
 
Division 12 (Parrots) Judged by Jeff Robinson 75 birds/19 exhibitors
1,5-Gary Morgan/Denise Cook; 2-Josh Maple; 3-Katie Secor; 4-Leslie Hugerich; 6-Jane Cole; 7-Susan Stieve; 8-Lee Gibson; 9-Shar Toby; 10-Nancy Atkinson
 
Section 1 (Lories) (5) 1,2,3-Morgan/Cook
Section 2 (Cockatoos) (8) 1,4-Cole; 2,3-Gibson
Section 3 (Island Parrots) (1) 1-Pullum
Section 4 (Rosellas) (0)
Section 5 (Australian) (2) 1-Maple; 2-Pullum
Section 6 (Bourkes & Grasskeets) (9) 1-Toby; 2-Culwell; 3-Nichols; 4-Cole
Section 7 (African Grays) (3) 1-Secor; 2-Michel; 3-Dandre
Section 8 (Hanging Parrots (2) 1,2-Morgan/Cook
Section 9 (Ringnecks) (2) 1-Roberts; 2-Michel
Section 10 (Longtailed Asiatics) (4) 1,2,3,4-Morgan/Cook
Section 11 (Other Africans) (10) 1-Maple; 2-Secor; 3-Atkinson; 4-Culwell
Section 12 (Caiques) (0)
Section 13 (Macaws) (0)
Section 14 (Conures) (10) 1,4-Atkinson; 2-Toby; 3-Culwell
Section 15 (Small S American) (10) 1-Hugerich; 2-Morgan/Cook; 3,4-Stieve
Section 16 (Parrotlets) (4) 1-Voges; 2,3-Goens; 4-Toby
Section 17 (Pionus) (2) 1-Burns; 2-Pullum
Section 18 (Amazons) (3) 1-Toby; 2-Roberts; 3-Morgan/Cook
Section 19 (All Other Parrots) ()
 
Division 13 (Rare/Eyerings Lovebirds) Judged by Lee Horton 102 birds/13 exhibitors
1,3-Gary Morgan/Dense Cook; 2,4,7,8,9-David/Mary Arthur; 5,10-Adalberto Ocasio Rohena; 6-Wendy Edwards
 
Section 1 (Rare Varieties) (19) 1,2-Morgan/Cook; 3-Arthur; 4-Landvater
Section 2 (Fishers) (50) 1,4-Arthur; 2-Rohena; 3-Edwards
Section 3 (Masked) (27) 1,2,3-Arthur; 4-Morgan/Cook
Section 4 (Champions) (6) 1-Cook/Morgan; 2-Landvater; 3-Edwards; 4-Saylor
 
Division 14 (Peachfaced Lovebirds) Judged by Roland Dubuc 102 birds/ 1 exhibitors
1-Susan Saylor; 2,5-Marcus Sierra; 3,4,7,9-Linna Reusmann; 6-Linda Brandt; 8-Danny Cavdona; 10-David & Mary Arthur
 
Section 1 (Green Peachfaced) (18) 1-Delucca; 2-Cavdona; 3-Horan; 4-Reusmann
Section 2 (Blue Peachfaced) (9) 1,3-Reusmann; 2-Arthur; 4-Michel
Section 3 (Green Pied Peachfaced) (4) 1-Sierra; 2,3-Horan
Section 4 (Blue Pied Peachfaced) (13) 1-Reusmann; 2-Jaramillo; 3-Delucca; 4-Pullum
Section 5 (American Cinn. Peachfaced) (10) 1,2-Cavdona; 3-Michel; 4-Pullum
Section 6 (Australian Cinn. Peachfaced) (13) 1-Reusmann; 2,3-Horan; 4-Arthur
Section 7 (Violet Peachfaced) (11) 1-Sierra; 2-Horan; 3-Toby; 4-Arthur
Section 8 (Opaline Peachfaced) (18) 1-Saylor; 2,3,4-Brandt
Section 9 (Long Feather Peachfaced) (0)
Section 10 (Champion Peachfaced) (6) 1-Horan; 2-Reusmann; 3-Arthur; 4-Cavdona
 
Division 15 (Cockatiels) Judged by Wendy Lomas 69 birds/15 exhibitors
1,2,4,6,8,10-Josh Maple; 3-Scott/Kim Mackey; 5-Barbara Irwin; 7-Royce Irwin; 9-Judy Avery
 
Novice
Section 1 (Normals) (5) 1,2-Crowe; 3-Ferguson
Section 2 (Cinnamons) (1) 1-Avery
Section 3 (Lutinos) (1) 1-Avery
Section 4 (Pearls) (3) 1-Ferguson; 2,3-Avery
Section 5 (Pieds) (2) 1-Avery; 2-Ferguson
Section 6 (Whitefaced) (3) 1-Ferguson; 2,3-York
Section 7 (Rares) (1) 1-Ferguson
 
Advanced
Section 8 (Normals) (7) 1,3-Maple; 2-Huegerich
Section 9 (Cinnamons) (5) 1,3-B.Irwin; 2-R.Irwin
Section 10 (Lutinos)(3) 1,2,3-Maple
Section 11 (Pearls) (14) 1,2-Maple; 3-Mackey
Section 12 (Pieds) (10) 1,2-Mackey; 3-Maple
Section 13(Whitefaced) (8) 1-Avila; 2-Lewis; 3-B.Irwin
Section 14 (Rares) (6) 1,2-Maple; 3-Lewis
 
Division 16 (American Singer) Judged by Alicia Baker 115 birds/15 exhibitors
1,6-Ninez Giles; 2-Joaquin Torres; 3-Frank Zuech; 4-Brenda Varhola/Julio Valella; 5-Allan Gibson;
7,8,10-Steve Baptiste; 9-Jose Sabria
 
Section 1 (old) 1-Giles; 2-Torres; 3-Varhola/Valella
Section 2(young) 1-Zuech; 2,3-Baptiste
 
Division 17 (Roller Canaries) Judged by Steve Bilmire 88 birds/9 exhibitors
 
Highest Scoring single David Bopp
Grand Champion Team David Bopp
Champion Young Team Raul Betancourt
 
Master Breeder 1,2-David Bopp; 3-Richard May
Champion Breeder 1,2,3-John Enke
Amateur Breeder 1,2-Raul Betancourt; 3-Joaquin Torres
Novice Breeder No entries
Old & Mixed 1-David Bopp; 2-Ninez Giles
Non-roller or Purchased bird No Entries
 
Division 18 (Spanish Timbrados) Judged by Alberto Acedo Rodriguez 177 Birds/12 exhibitors
Best in Division Ð Joaquin Sanchez
 
Section 1 (Best team) 1-Sanchez; 2,3-Calvo
Section 2 (Best Individual) 1,2-Sanchez; 3-Lazaro Perez
 
Division 20 (Youth) 7 birds/ 1 exhibitor
1,2-Miles Bewley