AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF AVICULTURE, INC.
Presents AFA 2006 National Show Award
To Fischer’s Love Bird
at
the Great American Bird Show!
By Linda S. Rubin
AFA National Show Awards Chair
2006
Great American Bird Show AFA Winner
Fischer's Love Bird
Bred, Banded & Exhibited by AFA Member Dave Arthur
Photo Courtesy: Wendy Edwards
Dave
Arthur Accepting the AFA Award From
AFA Western Regional Director & Rocky Mt. Society of Aviculture Director
Lisa McManus
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF AVICULTURE, INC. (AFA) proudly presented its 2006 National Show Award to Mr. David Arthur, for the “Best Bird Bred and Banded by an AFA Member” ranking highest overall in the show. Mr. Arthur – also an African Love Bird Society (ALBS) Panel Judge – captured the title with an exquisite Normal Fischer’s Love Bird, selected by ALBS Panel Judge Lee Horton, who presided over the division. The Rocky Mountain Bird Society - an AFA affiliated club - was host for the Great American Bird Show that took place on November 4, 2006.
AFA Western Regional Director, Lisa McManus, presented the prestigious award to David Arthur, with AFA Legislative Vice President, Sandee L. Molenda, announcing the honors. The ALBS holds a division each year at the Great American Bird Show and is an affiliate national specialty organization of the American Federation of Aviculture, Inc.
To qualify for the AFA National Show Award, exhibitors must be current paid members of AFA, and fill out an AFA registration form during the show. Details on the AFA National Show Award and winner’s photographs are published periodically on the AFA website www.afabirds.org and in AFA publications such as AFA In Brief, and the AFA Watchbird Journal.
The first AFA National Show Award was originally presented at the 1992 Great American Bird Show in Metairie, Louisiana, in tribute to AFA Members who exhibit their birds. In 1996, the AFA voted to reinstate the award and an AFA Show Awards Project Chair was named and the award given nearly each year since to both the Great American Bird Show, and the National Cage Bird Show, in recognition of the two largest national shows in the country.
The American Federation of Aviculture, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3), nonprofit educational organization incorporated in the state of California (business office located in N. Kansas City, MO), whose mission is to promote the advancement of aviculture worldwide. AFA supports educational programs that enable better husbandry, management and living conditions for exotic birds; promotes avian research and conservation of exotic birds; keep members aware of legislative issues that affect aviculture and keep legislators aware of the need for fair and equitable regulations. The goal of AFA is to insure long-term, self-sustaining populations of exotic birds both in captivity and in the wild. AFA publishes the world-class quarterly magazine, the AFA Watchbird and holds an annual national convention each year. Visit AFA online at www.afabirds.org.