Welcome to Hoosier Bird Buddies Bird Club

 

Text Box: Who are we Meeting Info Membership Our Bird Fairs Club Happenings Links Contact Us Other Fairs Pictures
Text Box: Hoosier Bird Buddies Spring Festival & Fair Sunday Nov 2nd, 2008 10 am to 4 pm at the Allen Co. Fairgrounds 2720 Carroll Rd Fort Wayne, IN The Allen Co Fairgrounds are located North of Fort Wayne on Hwy 3. Turn West on Carroll Road. Watch for our Signs! General Admission $3.00 Kids under 12 Free Munchies, Beverages and other Refreshments available Large Raffle Table and a Door Prize! Vendors with Cages, Playgyms, Toys, Birds, Toys, Food, and Toys, etc. ALL KINDS OF GREAT STUFF!! For more information about the Fair, Vendor Tables or questions about our club, please contact: Maggie Tarleton 260-244-9690 Email Maggie Tom Aldrich 260-572-0529 For the safety of all birds, PLEASE do not bring your pets into the fair. Thank You! Hoosier Bird Buddies is a non-profit association. All proceeds are contributed to adoption and rescue efforts or educational purposes within the avian community. This includes the funding of operating expenses for the Hoosier Bird Buddies. Articles of Organization provided upon request.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                             

                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who are we?

We are a bird club located in Fort Wayne Indiana,

whose purpose is to Educate our members and

the general public on all aspects of avian care

and husbandry, to Advocate and Teach the concept

of “responsible aviculture”, where the birds are

given priority over commercial, personal,

monetary, or other human concerns, to Support

efforts to combat illegal activities, cruelty, or

incompetence in the keeping of birds, and to

Enjoy the bond we all share as bird lovers.

 

Meeting Information

We meet on the first Sunday of every month,

unless it is a Holiday weekend and then

we meet on the 2nd Sunday. Our meetings start

1:30 PM.

 

Our meetings are held in the upper classroom

at the Diehm Museum, 600 Franke Park Dr.,

near the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo at 1:30pm

 

Upcoming Meetings:

 

July 13th, August 3rd, September 7th

 

 

Membership

Membership is open to anyone; you do not have

to own a bird to be a member.

Annual family membership dues are $20.

Our Bird Fairs

We have two bird fairs a year, one in the spring

and one in the fall.  We have vendors that sell

food, cages, birds, toys and almost anything else

bird related.  We also have a large raffle table with

great items donated by manufacturers and vendors.

 

Our fairs are located at the Allen County Fairgrounds,

2720 Carroll Road from 10 am to 4 pm.  Admission is

$3 for adults, children are free.

 

Our next fair is November 2nd, 2008

Club Happenings

 

July 13th, Club Picnic

 

Contact Us

President:  Tom Aldrich

Vice President: Floyd Jimison

Treasurer:  Jim Wallace

Secretary:  Maribeth Aldrich

 

            Mail:  Hoosier Bird Buddies, PO Box 8122, Fort Wayne, 46898

Links

Bird Safety                                         USDA video on avian biosecurity

Amazona Society                              Lots of great information about Amazons

The Tanygnathus Society                 Information about Great Billed Parrots

Parrot Data                                        Has good information about all types of parrots

Birdsnways.com                                Information & Chat rooms about all types of parrots

A Member’s Site                               Lots of great pictures

Up at Six                                            Information, Chat rooms, Links & More

TooLady                                             A complete bird community, including a sanctuary

Parrot Expo                                       A national listing of bird fairs

The Laughing Parrot Bird Toys       Member’s site with great toys

The Parrot Pages                             Site with a lot of Links to other Bird Sites

 

Other Fairs

Kentuckiana Feathered Friends                 Louisville, KY

Pictures

 

“Just hanging around”
 

“I know you can hear me!”
 

Austin

Umbrella Cockatoo
 
                       

Ruffles

Timneh African Grey
 
 

 

 

 

 

 


                        Pictures from our bus trip to SugarCreek Farms

 

                       

 

 

 

                                                           

 

 

                                                           

 

 

                                                           

 

 

 

           

 

Created and Maintained by Tom Aldrich               Last revised on June 5, 2008