Show and Tell Bird Show San Diego California

What a fantastic show! It is a very friendly club that is focused on education and sharing.

David Benites, President, show manager and club founder, is pictured in the tall hat.

David Shared the following tips with me:

1. To increase feather luster feed thistle (nyger).

2. When preparing birds for show be sure and change all perches and grills so that the bird will not soil itself after bathing.

3. Ten days before the show let all birds bath in treated bath water. Treated Bath Water: To 1/2 gallon of water add 1 cap of Listerine or generic and 1 teaspoon  witch hazel. Every 20 minutes change the bowl water four times.

4. His wife Edith shared that when cooking quinoa (keen-wah), to six cups of quinoa add 7 cups of water instead of the 2 times water as quinoa that I had been using. Her quinoa texture is excellent. She called it the plus one rule.

Type Canary Winners

 Best Fife and Best Novice Exhibited by Johan Otter

 Best Gloster Corona Exhibited by Salvador Servin

 Best Gloster Consort Exhibited byDavid and Edith Benites.

 Best Columbus Fancy Crested Exhibited by Ray Mena

Best Columbus Fancy Smoothhead Exhibited by Ray Mena

Best Stafford Exhibited byNino Hernnandez

 Best Norwich Exhibited by Ray Mena

 Best Border Exhibited by Mike Mojhedi

 Best Lizard Exhibited by Donna Minor

Best Parisian Frill Exhibited by Mike Mojhedi

 Best Japanese Hoso Exhibited by Mario Garcia

 Best Type Canary in Show Parisian Frill Exhibited by Mike Mojhedi

Best Canary in Show and Winner of Traveling Trophy Parisian Frill Exhibited by Mike Mojedi

 Club member artist Carol Whelan created this Linda Doll which she presented to me at the banquet.

 Thanks everyone for the record breaking 176 birds and all of your fine hospitality.

Wild At Heart - San Diego Safari Park

 San Diego Club Member Andrea Cabibi is a manager of the Avian Section at San Diego Safari Park and graciously gave me and David and Edith Benites a back scene tour of the bird facilities and tour inside the exhibits of the other animals.

 Many of the park animals are from Africa because the weather conditions are most similar. Most animals at the park are endangered species and ova and sperm are stored frozen.

 Great Hornbill

Andrea explained the fascinating process of artificial insemination in birds which she with a helper do.

 After the bird facility tour, we climbed in the four wheeler and rode up and down inside the animal exhibits.

The giraffe came right up to the vehicle and took carrots from our hands!

Wow!! What a tour!

Colorbred Winners San Diego Show

Best Lipochrome Yellow Frost Exhibited by David and Edith Benites

Best Melanin Classic Bronze Mosaic Hen Exhibited by David and Edith Benites

Best Melanin New Color Bronze Cobalt Exhibited by David and Edith Benites

Best Colorbred in Show Bronze Mosaic Exhibited by David and Edith Benites