앵무새 좋아하세요? 5월7일~8일

 

약 600여마리의 각양각색 예쁜 새들이 그리어톤 홀에 모여 합창을 합니다.

 

타우랑가 조류 클럽(Tauranga Bird Club)의 55회 새 전시회가 열리는데 일반인 관람도 가능합니다.

  

행사: Tauranga Bird Club's 55th annual Bird Show
장소:  그리어톤 홀( Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd)
일시: 토요일 1.30pm-5pm,  일요일 9am-1:30pm.
입장료: Family $5 (max four people), adults $3, children $2, under 5s are free.

Club secretary Gwen Wilkinson has been breeding fringe-topped Gloster canaries for 25 years and says bird keeping is an addictive pastime.

"I remember going to see my first-ever bird show and being really taken with their little fringes. They were beautiful."

A large number of canaries (including Yorkshire, Gloster and Norwich breeds) will be on display alongside finches, blackbirds, budgies, parrots and cheeky cockatiels.

Mrs Wilkinson say birds are judged on their appearance and condition, as well as on their ability to stand up straight on their perch.

"All birds will have their own show cage and there are different ways of teaching the birds to stand tall. I used to train mine by putting paper across the front of their cage so the bird would have to stand up nice and high to see over the top."

As for the noise involved in gathering 600 birds together in one place, Mrs Wilkinson says it depends on whether the birds decide to be vocal all at once "but it's not too bad.

 

We just get used to it. It's something a bit different and very entertaining to come and watch."

Up to 50 exhibitors will be participating in the weekend show. Judging will take place on Saturday morning, and the hall is open to the public from 1.30pm onwards.