59th NATIONAL CAGE BIRD SHOW, INC.

Denver, Colorado 

2007 SHOW REPORT

 

The 59th National Cage Bird Show was held November 15-17, 2007.  The show was presented by the NCBS with assistance from the Rocky Mountain Society of Aviculture.  It was held at the DIA Holiday Inn in Denver, Co.  There were 1670 birds exhibited by 153 exhibitors from 27 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. 

The Scannell trophy for the best bird is show was awarded to a Norwich canary exhibited by John Kotsoros. 
The songbird trophy for best songbird in show was awarded to an American Singer exhibited by Allan Gibson.

 

Division 1 (Borders) Judged by George Eltingham            65 birds/8 exhibitors
1,9-Paul Dee             2,35,8,10-Luis Belchior            4,6-Don Platz            7-Bill Hearn 
Section 1 (27)     1,2,3-Dee       4-Platz
Section 2 (21)     1,4-Belchior    2-Dee             3-Platz
Section 3 (16)     1,4-Dee          2-Platz            3-Hearn

Division 2 (Glosters) Judged by Patrick Varian 117 birds/17 exhibitors
1,2,4-Regina McCarthy            3,6,7-Jorge Rojas            5-George Raftopolous 
Section 1 (67)    1,2-McCarthy       3-Raftopolous         4-Rojas
Section 2 (50)     1-McCarthy         2,3,4-Rojas

 

Division 3 (Type Canaries)  Judged by Raquel King               198 birds/23 exhibitors
1,2-John Kotsoros        3-Robert Wild         4-Ralph Tepedino         5,6-Biers & Cromwell 
Section 1 (Yorkshire) (13)    1,4-Kotsoros          2,3-Oconnor
Section 2 (Norwich) (23)     1,3,4-Kotsoros       2-Pezzutti
Section 3 (Columbus Fancy Crested) (14)     1,4-Wild       2-Tepidino        3-Foote
Section 4 (Columbus Fancy Smoothhead) (20)     1,2-Tepidino     3,4-Sparks
Section 5 (Stafford Crested) (57)       1,3,4-Biers/Cromwell        2-Ressel
Section 6 (Stafford Non Crest) (71)    1,2,3,4-Biers/Cromwell

 

Division 4 (Old Variieties)  Judged by Tony Guiomar       64 birds/ 7 exhibitors
1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-Mac Saedi     5-Carlo Fucarino         6-Marylee Reisig
 
Section 1 (Parisian Frill) (8)                  1-Fucarino       2,3-Saedi
Sedtion 2 (Northern Dutch Frill) (10)       1,2-Saedi        3,4-Fucarino
Section 3 (Gibber Italicus Frill) (6)         1,2-Saedi         3,4-Fucarino
Section 4 (Southern Frill) (6)                 1,2,4-Saedi       3-Fucarino
Section 5 (Fiorino) (3)                          1,2,3-Saedi
Section 6 (Any Other Frill) (2)                1,2-Saedi
Section 7 (Lizards) (8)                           1-Reisig           2,3-Wild         4-Hearn
Section 8 (Old Crested Varieties) (1)      1-Saedi
Section 9 (Crest Bred) (2)                      1,2-Saedi
Section 10 (Belgian Fancy) (3)                1,2,3-Saedi
Section 11 (Scot Fancy) (13)                   1,2,3-Saedi      4-Wild
Section 12 (Lancashire) (2)                     1,2-Saedi

 

Division 5 (Hartz Canaries)  Judged by Jim Warren     91 birds/ 12 exhibitors      
1,6,7-Robert Wild       2,3,5-Robert Ziegler           4-Ron Rattray            8-MaryEllen Schott
 
Section 1 (Hartz Plainhead) (58)       1,3,4-Wild      2-Ziegler
Section 2 (Hartz Topknots) (33)        1,3-Ziegler      2-Rattray       4-Miniter

 

Division 6 (Fife Fancy Canaries)  Judged by Chris Smith       88 birds/17exhibitors
1,2,3,4,5-Nick & John Djakov       6,8-Susan Bergel         7-Arthur Meduros        9,10-Bahman Ghasab
 
Section 1 (16)     1-Medurus          2-Bergel          3-Djakov        4-Oneil
Section 2 (12)     1-Bergel           2-Ghasaba         3,4-Djakov
Section 3 (11)     1,2-Djakov                               3-Bergel        4-Ghasaba
Section 4 (18)     1-Djakov          2-Ghasabl          3,4-Medurus
Section 5 (31)     1,2,4-Djakov                            3-Medurus

 

Division 7 (Lipochrome)  Judged by Jerry Zak      174 birds/ 28 exhibitors
1,3,4-Albert & Hazel Silva       2,6-Valquirio Garcia      5-Robert & Nora Trincado         7-Biers/Cromwell
 
Section 1 (Red Ground Intensive) (57)                            1-Silva         2-Trincado         3-El Ayari
Section 2 (Red Ground Frost) (30)                                  -Trincado     2-Alfonso           3-Dimitriou       4-Debono Laray
Section 3 (Yellow Ground Intensive & Frost) (22)            1-Biers/Cromwell                  2,3-Taibi
Section 4 (White Ground Dominant & Recessive) (20)     1,2,3,4-Garcia
Section 5 (Ivories) (16)                                                1,3-Biers/Cromwell               2,4-Silva
Section 6 (Mosaic [Dimorphic] Males & Females) (29)     1,2,3-Silva

 

Division 8 (Melanin Classic)  Judged by Rado Pagac     108 birds/ 18 exhibitors
1,4-Fred Gatto       2-Alfredo Iglesias    3-Jose Zelada     5-Steve Varvarigos      6-Biers/Cromwell    7-John Astorino
 
Section 1 (Bronze Intensive Including Ivory) (28)            1,3-Gatto               2-Varvarigos        4-Silva
Section 2 (Bronze Frost Including Ivory) (12)                   1,3-Gatto              2-Silva                4-Zelada
Section 3 (Red Browns Including Ivory) (13)                   1,2,3,4-Iglesias
Section 4 (Red Agate & Isabel Including Ivory) (4)           1-Biers/Cromwell  2-Reisig              3,4-Fonticoba
Section 5 (Yellow & White [Gold & Silver]) (19)             1-Zelada                2-Valella             3-Silva        4-Astorino
Section 6 (Classic Melanin Mosaics) (32)                          1,3-Varvarigos        2-Astorino                             4-Silva

 


Division 9 (Melanin New Colors) Judged by Bernardino Yeves-Valero    49 birds/13 exhibitors
1,5,7-Albert & Hazel Silva         2-Louis Fonticoba       3-Steve Varvarigos       4-Doyle Johnson     6-Biers/Cromwell
 
Section 1 (All Opals) (12)                                                            1,2-Biers/Cromwell        3,4-Sanchez
Section 2 (All Inos)  (0)
Section 3 (All Satinets) (1)                                                          1-Launderville
Section 4 (All Pastels) (4)                                                           1-Taibi       2-Sanchez    3,4-Fonticoba
Section 5 (All Mosaics [Dimorphic]) (29)                                     1-Silva       2-Fonticoba  3-Varvarigos  4-Johnson
Section 6 (Melanin Mutations, Varigated, Crosses and Emus) (3)    1,2,3-Giesecke      

 

Division 10 (Finches & Softbills) Judge Patrick Vance    117 birds/ 18 exhibitors
1-Lisa Murphy   2,10-Vonda Zwick    3-Sally Huntington   4-Robert Wild   5,7-Robert Mehl    6-K.J. Brown   
8-Dennis Burhans   9-Jim Heffernan
 
Section 1 (Softbills) (6)                           1-Huntington               2,3-Mehl
Section 2 (Zebra Finches) (29)                 1-Burhans                   2-Culwell                3-Pauls
Section 3 (Gouldian Finches) (12)             1-Huntington              2-Burhans               3-C Gunby
Section 4 (AOV Australian Finches) (17)     1-Murphy                   2-Burhans               3-Nitzkoiski
Section 5 (Indo-Pacific Finches) (2)          1,2-Heffernan
Section 6 (Society Finches) (18)               1-Heffernan              2,3-Burhans
Section 7 (European Finches) (1)              1-Wild
Section 8 (Finches of Africa) (18)             1,3-Zwick                 2-Brown
Section 9 (Finches of the Americas) (2)     1-Mehl                     2-Schneidervin
Section 10 (Doves and Quails) (1)              1-Heffernan
Section 11 (Pairs) (11)                              1-Nitzkoiski             2-Burhans               3-Huntington

 

Division 11 (Parrots)  Judge Roland DuBuc     59 birds/ 15 exhibitors
1,2,5,8-Gary Morgan     3-Clarence Culwell    4-Sharlan Toby   6-Cecil Gunby    7,10-Glenda Pullum     9-Sheri Haviza
 
Section 2 (Cockatoos) (3)                   1-Morgan                   2,3-Nadeau
Section 3 (Island Parrots) (2)                1,2-Morgan
Section 4 (Rosellas) (3)                        1,2,3-K Gunby
Section 5 (Australian) (2)                      1-C Gunby             2-Pullum
Section 6 (Bourkes & Grasskeets) (7)     1-Culwell                2-Nadeau                      3-Secor
Section 7 (African Greys) (4)                 1-Toby                   2-Shackleford               3-Pullum
Section 9 (Ringnecks) (6)                      1,3-Morgan              2-Voges
Section 10 (Longtailed Asiatics) (8)        1,2-Morgan                                                 3-Pullum                  4-C Gunby
Section 11 (Other Africans) (3)               1-Pullum                 2,3-Morgan
Section 12 (Caiques) (1)                        1-Morgan
Section 13 (Macaws) (2)                        1,2-Alexander
Section 14 (Conures) (2)                        1,2-Culwell
Section 15 (Small South American) (7)     1-Haviza                 2,3-Morton
Section 16 (Parrotlets) (3)                      1-Secor                  2,3-Haviza
Section 17 (Ponus) (1)                            1-Pullum
Section 18 (Amazons) (5)                        1-Toby                    2,3-Morgan

 

Division 12 (Rare/Eyerings Lovebirds) Judge Paul Crow   94 birds/ 9 exhibitors
1,4,6,10-Dave&Mary Arthur     2-Marilena Salmones       3-Jim Munis     5-Ed Guzman      8,9-Gabriel Ruiz Fuentes
 
Section 1 (Rare Varieties) (21)       1-Salmones         2-Guzman       3,4-Morgan
Section 2 (Fishers) (49)                  1,3,4-Arthur      2-Munis
Section 3 (Masked) (21)                 1,2,3-Fuentes                       4-Pullum
Section 4 (Champions) (3)               1-Arthur           2,3-Morgan

 

Division 13 (Peachfaced Lovebirds)    Judged by Janet Landvater   147 birds/15 exhibitors
1-Glenda Pullum    2,4,7,9,10-Jim Munis    3-Doree&Doug Bedwell    5-Tom Voges  6-Linda Brandt   8-Vincent Chuc
2nd place bird exhibited by Jim Munis won the Higgins
 
Section 1 (Green Peachfaced) (22)                1,2-Munis                      3-Chuc          4-Bedwell
Section 2 (Blue Peachfaced) (18)                  1-Brandt          2,3-Munis                    4-Voges
Section 3 (Green Pied Peachfaced) (7)          1-Pullum          2-Munis   3-Bedwell      4-Arthur
Section 4 (Blue Pied Peachfaced) (17)           1,2-Munis                       3-Jammillo     4-Arthur
Section 5 (American Cinn. Peachfaced) (16)   1,3-Bedwell    2,4-Munis
Section 6 (Australian Cinn. Peachfaced) (8)    1,2,3-Munis                                        4-Pullum
Section 7 (Violet Peachfaced) (15)                1,2-Munis                        3,4-Pullum
Section 8 (Opaline Peachfaced) (33)             1-Brandt          2-Chuc      3,4-Munis
Section 9 (Long Feather Peachfaced) (4)       1,2,3-Salmones
Section 10 (Champion Peachfaced) (7)       1-Bedwell           2,3-Pullum                    4-Brandt

 

Division 14 (Cockatiels)   Judged by Wendy Lomas   115 birds/ 17 exhibitors
1-Kathy Short     2,7,8-Phil Feret     3,6,9-Josh Maple    4-Peggy Avila     5-Scott & Kim Mackey    10-Barbara Irwin
 
Novice
Section 1 (Normals) (5)            1-Labanca    2-Platz      3-Stegiel
Section 2 (Cinnamons) (1)        1-J Arnett
Section 3 (Lutinos) (4)            1-Centner     2,3-Platz
Section 4 (Pearls) (5)            1- J Arnett     2,3-Stregiel
Section 5 (Pieds) (11)            1-Labanca      2,3-J Arnett
Section 6 (Whitefaced) (3)     1,3-Stregiel   2-Platz
Section 7 (Rares) (2)              1-Labanca     2-Stregiel
 
Advanced
Section 8 (Normals) (20)                 1-Feret               2-Avila                3-B Irwin
Section 9 (Cinnamons) (5)               1-Short               2-L Arnett            3-Maple
Section 10 (Lutinos) (6)                  1-Maple               2-Feret                3-Huegerich
Section 11 (Pearls) (19)                  1,3-Mackey          2-Maple
Section 12 (Pieds) (17)                   1-Maple              2-Feret                3-L Arnett
Section 13 (Whitefaced) (12)          1,2-Feret                                      3-B Irwin
Section 14 (Rares) (5)                      1-Cohen            2-Mackey             3-Avila

 

Division 15 (American Singers)  Judge Steve Baptiste       75 birds/ 10 exhibitors
1,3-Allan Gibson    2,4-Frank Zuech      5-Tricia Hartnett      6-Bill Summers      7-Vanessa Johnson  
 
Section 1 Old          1-Gibson     2-Summers     3-Zuech
Section 2 Young      1-Gibson     2-Zuech         3- Johnson

 

Division 16 (Roller Canaries)  Judge Fred Proebstel    103 birds/ 6 exhibitors
1-Doyle Johnson
 
Highest scoring single-Ben Haning
Grand Champion Team-Doyle Johnson
Champion Young Team-Doyle Johnson
 
Master Breeder            1,2,3- Linda Hogan
Champion Breeder       1,3-Johnson            2-Haning
Amateur Breeder         1-Behgooy 
Novice Breeder           1,2,3-Baker
Old & Mixed               1-Hogan                2-Johnson    3-McGuire

 

Division 17 (Spanish Timbrados) Judge Alberto Berrios    19 birds/ 2 exhibitors
1-     Vreg Matevosian
 
Section 1 (Teams)-Matevosian
Section 2 (Single)-Matevosian

 

Division 19 (Youth) 6 birds/ 4 exhibitors
1,3-Amanda Leahy     2-Austin Johnson    4-Yelana Roslaya
 
Section 2 (Glosters)                          Amanda Leahy
Section3 (Type-Stafford)                   Amanda Leahy
Section 6 (Fifes)                               Yelena Roslaya
Section 13 (Peachfaced Lovebirds)    Austin Johnson