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Calendar:
2023
TUE, AUG 1, 2023
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)
SAT, AUG 26, 2023
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)
TUE, SEP 5, 2023
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (In-person and Zoom)
SAT, SEP 23, 2023
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)
TUE, OCT 3, 2023
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)
SAT, OCT 28, 2023
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)
TUE, NOV 7, 2023
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)
SAT, NOV 25, 2023
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)
TUE, DEC 5, 2023
Holiday Potluck AND Board Elections
(In-person and Zoom)
SAT, DEC 23, 2023
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)
2024
TUE, JAN 2, 2024
Educational Meeting
(Zoom)7-9PM
SAT, JAN 27, 2024
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)
TUE, FEB 6, 2024
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)
SAT, FEB 24, 2024
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)
TUE, MAR 5, 2024
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (In-person and Zoom)
SAT, MAR 23, 2024
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)
TUE, APR 2, 2024
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)
SAT, APR 27, 2024
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)
TUE, MAY 2, 2024
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (Zoom)
SAT, MAY 18, 2024
"Reading Rendezvous" on the Loussac Library lawn 12-4pm
SAT, MAY 25, 2024
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)
TUE, JUN 4, 2024
Educational Meeting
7-9PM (In-person and Zoom)
SAT, JUN 22, 2024
Board Meeting, 5-7PM (Zoom)
SAT, JUN 29, 2024
Bird Club Picnic, Abbott Park, 11AM-3PM
(Info link available in March 2024)
TUE, JUL 2, 2024
NO EDUCATIONAL MEETING UNTIL AUGUST 1
SAT, JUL 27, 2024
Board Meeting, 5-7PM
TUE, AUG 6, 2024
Educational Meeting
7-9PM
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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