Hey everyone!
I just wanted to remind and invite everyone to the Spring bird fair in
Brainerd at the Armory, 1115 Wright Street, on Sunday, April 29th from
10-3. $2 admission, 10 and under free, Lots of vendors with birds and
supplies! Join us!

I also wanted to let everyone know that advertising for this event
started a week or so ago with fliers and will continue over the next
two weeks with signs and newspaper adds, so Spread The Word!

Skipper is a 13 year old Timneh African Grey, unsexed. Nice, healthy
bird, in full feather, vet records available upon request. Skipper is
semi-tame, can be handled away from his cage. Comes with grey-colored
cage 65"Hx32"Wx23"deep full of toys, a brand new copy of the book FOR
THE LOVE OF GREYS by Bobbi Brinker, and a small sample of the food he's
used to eating.

For more information on Skipper, call Mike, Skipper's owner, 612-558-
1506 before 8:00pm & to see Skipper call Kim 612-991-3758. He is being
sold become his elderly owner needed to move into a condo and he can no
longer keep up with the number of birds he has. Mike is Skipper's
owner & he is being housed by Kim.

Price is $800 or best offer cash only. More information at:

http://members.tripod.com/dreamspinner3/timnehforsale.html

Thank you.

I have a friend who lost her lorikeet after many years.

She sent me home a bunch of lory pellets and nectar powder to see if I
could find anyone who could use it.

If you can, let me know and you can have it.  It is Pretty Bird lory
pellets and Roudybush nectar powder.

I live in Brainerd so must be picked up here.

Thanks

We have our February bird club meeting coming up next Thursday, Feb.
15th at 7:00. Doors should be open to the room at the library at 6:30.
We have the big meeting room out front, so plenty of room! Join us!
We will be discussing the Expo, future plans for the Bird Fair in
April, and plans for the spring and summer. We have some new members
in the Brainerd area so come get acquainted!

This Sunday is the Bird Expo in Brainerd at the Northland Arboretum.
We have the building from 12-5 but doors are open for the public from
1-4. We have macaws, sun, Indian Ring neck, senegal, lovebirds, green
cheeks, an umbrella too, some society finches, possibly gouldians,
tiels, a handfeeding info display and an incubation display. If you
have any personable pets that you would like to bring, please let me
know and bring them! I am hoping for an alexandrine and some english
budgies too.
One member has the DVD  Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill...we plan to
have this running. We also will have coffee available for everyone and
pop for sale. We may have some baked goods for sale as well...anyone
interested in helping furnish baked goods/drinks, please let me know!

We had a great time visiting schools! It was an awesome day! We passed
out over 650 fliers to children/teachers and had a great response.
Crosby/Ironton even invited us back for a full day of sharing the
birds with all classes. It was great to see so many children
interested in birds! We have a new family in the Brainerd area with
some large and small birds and they have a son that is very interested
in visiting the club and learning! Cathy and Jon brought an umbrella
too and a blue and gold to visit the schools. Barbie and Kelli brought
their macaws as well and shared tricks, stories, and info about them.
They did a fantastic job and the kids really related to them! Bob and
Char helped get things started. Char still teaches occasionally for
St. Francis so she introduced the bird club and the birds to the kids
to get things started. THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR EFFORT! YOU DID
VERY WELL!

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FYI

We decided to host a spring bird fair at the Armory in Brainerd in
April. The only weekend available w/o conflicting with other events
was Sunday, April 29th. We confirmed the Armory for this day. Doors
will open at 8:00 for setup for vendors, 10:00 for public to visit.
This fair will run from 10:00-3:00 for the public.
We need any volunteers available.

We need admissions people-2
Ticket sellers-1-2
MC-1-2
People to work the LACBC booth for new sign-ups, questions, etc.-1-2

Also needed:
Large coffee pot
Large cooler
Bird-Info to pass out at the LACBC table

We already have a number of tables spoken for, so if anyone plans to
vend, please let me know immediately.

If you are available to help with any of these spots, let me know!
Thanks,
Kelly

Hello everyone.
We have lots to catch up on...
At the Dec 14th meeting (for those of you that were missing...)
We decided to visit the Brainerd Area elementary and high schools in
January.
We booked the Arboretum for SUNDAY, FEB 11, 2007, for the Bird Expo.
This is a free event to the public and we will be promoting this event
when visiting the schools in the area.
It seems the Nordic Ski team and girl scouts were both having issues
with dates as there had been no snow, so the next open weekend was in Feb.
If anyone has friendly parrots to bring on Feb 11 to visit with
people, please let me know!
We paid for the building, lets make it worth the community's time to
visit us!

We will be meeting again on Thursday, February 15th at 6:30, Meeting
at 7:00. We have the large meeting room in the library confirmed.
We will be going over the final plans for the bird fair in April.


Questions-please ask!
Kelly

The Minnesota Companion Bird Association will be having its annual
holiday party on 12/20/06 & everyone who loves pet birds is invited to
attend! We'll be having a potluck affair, so if you come, please bring
a dish to share & we'll be raffling off some great prizes! The meeting
is at at the St. Paul Sheet Metal Worker's Association Meeting Hall,
1681 East Cope Avenue, Maplewood, Minnesota. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
and the meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. Please do not bring live birds to
this meeting. For directions & more information, please visit the
club's website http://mnbird.org.

THE PARTY IS ON THE 20TH!  SORRY!

The Minnesota Companion Bird Association will be having its annual
holiday party on 12/20/06 & everyone who loves pet birds is invited to
attend! We'll be having a potluck affair, so if you come, please bring
a dish to share & we'll be raffling off some great prizes! The meeting
is at at the St. Paul Sheet Metal Worker's Association Meeting Hall,
1681 East Cope Avenue, Maplewood, Minnesota. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
and the meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. Please do not bring live birds to
this meeting. For directions & more information, please visit the
club's website http://mnbird.org.

The Minnesota Companion Bird Association will be having its annual
holiday party on 12/22/06 & everyone who loves pet birds is invited to
attend! We'll be having a potluck affair, so if you come, please bring
a dish to share & we'll be raffling off some great prizes! The meeting
is at at the St. Paul Sheet Metal Worker's Association Meeting Hall,
1681 East Cope Avenue, Maplewood, Minnesota. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
and the meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. Please do not bring live birds to
this meeting. For directions & more information, please visit the
club's website http://mnbird.org.

Thank you!

Hello everyone.
Just a quick note to let you know we have a meeting Thursday night,
Dec. 14th. (This week.)
It will start around 6:30, meeting business around 7:00
Plans are made at the library.
We will be finalizing plans for the January Bird expo, plans to visit
the elementary and high schools in the Brianerd area, and also working
on final plans for the bird fair in the spring.
Join us if you can!
Kelly

Hi ..

I was hoping to see the article from Kim, and it wasn't with the email,
and I am wondering how we can see the article .. ??

Thanks

Darren

Hey everyone,
Kim's article is done on LACBC...actually, it was a month ago, but
there's for my punctuality...
Should be posted here shortly!

Hi Kelly,

Where is this article going to appear?

Whatever info you decide to give her is fine with us.

Bob & Char




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wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> I got an email from Kim in the cities. She will be writing an
article
> on the bird fair in Brainerd. She took pics there and has one
group
> pic of Jan, Bob and Char, Kari and Dennis, and Bob and I to put in
her
> article. Is there anything anyone would like to add or have her
put in
> there as a quote or anything specific about the club?
> Please let me know asap. Check the photos section when you get a
> chance, I will upload the group pic she sent me.
> Thanks!
>

Hello everyone,
I got an email from Kim in the cities. She will be writing an article
on the bird fair in Brainerd. She took pics there and has one group
pic of Jan, Bob and Char, Kari and Dennis, and Bob and I to put in her
article. Is there anything anyone would like to add or have her put in
there as a quote or anything specific about the club?
Please let me know asap. Check the photos section when you get a
chance, I will upload the group pic she sent me.
Thanks!

Our next meeting for December is scheduled for Thursday evening,
December 14th at 7:00 at the library. This will be the LAST MEETING
before the parrot expo. If you have any ideas, we need them BEFORE or
AT this meeting.
Mark your calendars and plan to attend!
Thanks,
Kelly

Hello everyone! We had a meeting at the Library last night. We
discussed the bird fair/results, had a few new faces, discussed the
upcoming Parrot Expo in the Lakes Area...at the arboretum, in
January. We would like to make it the second weekend in January,
providing the Arboretum is available.
This will be an event to BRING YOUR BIRD TO. We will open the door
to the general public as a free event. We are targeting the youth,
mostly ages 16 and younger. Fliers will be sent out to children in
schools around the Lakes area. We will provide a press release in
the Brainerd Dispatch, and we will be passing out fliers again at
pet stores and places that may draw children.
We would like "Touchable" birds for this event, but large,
untouchable birds are fine. We have a few people that have
volunteered some handfed baby birds for this event as well. If you
have birds to bring, please let me know. Also, if you bring a larger
bird, you will need a stand appropriate for this event. We have some
and know of some we can borrow, so if you need a stand provided,
please let us know also.

We also discussed the upcoming bird fair in the spring. We decided
on the 3rd or 4th Sunday in April. I have to check dates with the
armory first, but we would like it the 3rd Sunday as this should not
affect any other event in the Lakes area.
It was suggested that we bring a speaker for a time during the next
bird fair. One of the ladies at the meeting last night
suggested "Parrot Behavior" as a topic. If anyone knows of a good,
fairly local speaker on this topic, please let me know!

QUESTION out to everyone...
Would you all think it beneficial to have a booth at the county
fair, 2007?

Thanks for reading!
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Hi,
Checking to make sure everyone knows there is a LACBC meeting tonight.
I will be at the library at 7:00. We will be going over plans for
advertisement, promotions, and setup of the bird fair in October. This
is the LAST MEETING before the bird fair. If you plan to attend, help
set up, help take admissions, help with advertising, please LET ME
KNOW! Thank you!
Kelly

Hi Robbie,
Glad to have you!

Hey, I see we have a few new members today! Welcome!
I need some input...what would you like to see posted here? Bird
species info, care, etc.

Major topics coming up...we have a LACBC meeting scheduled for
Thursday evening, August 17th at 6:30, meeting to start at 7:00. We
are going to be discussing Indian Ringnecks, colors, care, caging,
availability, etc.
Any ideas?
We also have the bird fair coming in October! We have confirmed the
Minnesota 4-H organization suppling the food and staff for the kitchen.
We currently have vendors from across MN confirmed for toys, birds
large and small, some smaller cages, food/seed, and nesting supplies.
We also have interest from other bird clubs and a rescue to be a
vendor. Great info!
If you have questions, please send an email to LACBCMN@yahoogroups.com
and ask!
Kelly

Hello,
    I'm glad to be invited to this group....I'm from Crookston, MN and
have a deep love for birds.
     I have 2 male 2 month old lutino/pied cockatiels and 2 female 6
month old pearl cockatiels and on August 1st I'm getting a male and
female (not sure what mutation)6 yr. old cockatiels.
     I have been wanting to start a rescue or a foster home for birds
in my area and I think I'm almost ready to start posting the flyers in
the pet stores and everywhere I can think of to get the word out.
     Well, I'm stumped on what more to say here so I will just say I'm
glad to be part of this new group!!

Robbie