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2025

SAT, APR 26, 2025
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

TUE, MAY 6, 2025
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)

SAT, MAY 17, 2025
"Reading Rendezvous" on the Loussac Library lawn 12-4pm

SAT, MAY 24, 2025
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

TUE, JUN 3, 2025
NO EDUCATIONAL MEETING UNTIL AUGUST 1

SAT, JUN 21, 2025
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

SAT, JUN 21, 2025
Bird Club Picnic, Abbott Park, 11AM-3PM
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TUE, JUL 1, 2025
NO EDUCATIONAL MEETING UNTIL AUGUST 5

SAT, JUL 26, 2025
Board Meeting, 5-7PM

TUE, AUG 5, 2025
Educational Meeting
7-9PM

SAT, AUG 23, 2025
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

TUE, SEP 2, 2025
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (In-person and Zoom)

SAT, SEP 27, 2025
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

TUE, OCT 7, 2025
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)

SAT, OCT 25, 2025
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

TUE, NOV 4, 2025
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)

SAT, NOV 22, 2025
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

TUE, DEC 2, 2025
Holiday Potluck AND Board Elections
(In-person and Zoom)

SAT, DEC 27, 2025
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

2026

TUE, JAN 6, 2026
Educational Meeting
(Zoom)7-9PM

SAT, JAN 24, 2026
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

TUE, FEB 3, 2026
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)

SAT, FEB 21, 2026
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

TUE, MAR 3, 2026
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (In-person and Zoom)

SAT, MAR 28, 2026
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

TUE, APR 7, 2026
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)

SAT, APR 25, 2026
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

TUE, MAY 5, 2026
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)

SAT, MAY 23, 2026
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)

TUE, JUN 2, 2026
NO EDUCATIONAL MEETING UNTIL AUGUST 1

SAT, JUN 27, 2026
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)


 

Bird of the Month: January 2008
Jenx
Archive

By bird club member Julie Forsyth

Jenx is a Quaker parrot and came into my flock last summer. His Mom and Dad moved down to the lower 48 and didn’t want to take him with them. He loves his toys in his cage and likes to come out to try to get me. He lands on my head all the time. I don’t hold him; he holds me. Jenx tries to make friends with the Amazon but Samson doesn’t want anything to do with him, but the Red-Bellied parrots like him.

Quakers can live up to 25-30 years or more. They are a fearless bird. They come from South America, with feral colonies established in parts of the United States. They are a medium bird about 12 inches in length from beak to tail, weighing between 80 and 150 grams. They come in green or blue on the back and head.

Jenx and the other Quakers are outlawed in many states, including: California, Wyoming, New Jersey, Hawaii, and Georgia because they are considered a potential agricultural pest. There are now established breeding colonies (originally escaped pets) in several states, including New York, New Jersey, Louisiana (New Orleans), Texas (Dallas), Bridgeport/Fairfield Connecticut (Bridgeport/ Fairfield), and Illinois.

 

 

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