AFA  Award at the 2006 National Cage Bird Show

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF AVICULTURE, INC.

Presents AFA 2006 National Show Award

To Best Cockatiel

At the National Cage Bird Show!

 

By Linda S. Rubin

AFA National Show Awards Chair

     THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF AVICULTURE, INC. (AFA) proudly presented its 2006 National Show Award to Julia H. Allen, for the “Best Bird Bred and Banded by an AFA Member” ranking highest overall in the show.  Mrs. Allen – also a National Cockatiel Society (NCS) Panel Judge – captured the title with an outstanding Normal Grey Cockatiel selected by NCS Panel Judge, Lee Horton, presiding over the division. AFA National Show Awards Chair, Linda S. Rubin, presented Julia Allen with the prestigious award during the Saturday evening NCBS banquet held November 18, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. 

    The winning Cockatiel won the NCBS Higgins Trophy for Best Cockatiel in Division, the top honor for the National Cockatiel Society, Inc., before capturing the coveted AFA National Show Award. The National Cockatiel Society, Inc. holds a division each year at the NCBS and is a national specialty organization of the American Federation of Aviculture, Inc. 

    To qualify for the AFA National Show Award, exhibitors must be current paid members of AFA and fill out an official AFA entry form while registering their birds during the show. A separate form must be used for each division in which birds are entered and include the exhibitor’s breeder code that is stamped on their entries’ closed, traceable leg band. At the close of the show, the potential winner’s name is verified with the AFA membership database before presentation. Additional details on the AFA National Show Award and winner’s photographs are published periodically on the AFA website www.afabirds.org and in member publications such as AFA In Brief, and the AFA Watchbird Journal.

    The American Federation of Aviculture, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3), nonprofit educational organization incorporated in the state of California (business office located in N. Kansas City, MO), whose mission is to promote the advancement of aviculture worldwide. AFA supports educational programs that enable better husbandry, management and living conditions for exotic birds; promotes avian research and conservation of exotic birds; keep members aware of legislative issues that affect aviculture and keep legislators aware of the need for fair and equitable regulations. The goal of AFA is to insure long-term, self-sustaining populations of exotic birds both in captivity and in the wild. AFA publishes the world-class quarterly magazine, the AFA Watchbird and holds an annual national convention each year. Visit AFA online at www.afabirds.org. For further information, visit www.afabirds.org or call 816-421-2473.

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