Which will go home with feather in cap?
BIRDS of a feather flock together, the saying goes. And lovers of the feathered variety will be doing just that at the SA National Cage Bird Association’s Annual Championship Show, which has attracted more than 2 000 creatures.
From tomorrow, Transnet Rail Engineering Meriting Recreation Club in Koedoespoort will become the centre of attention as more than 20 species – including some with the most unusual plumage – go on display.
This will be the fifth time the show takes place in this Tshwane city.
It is open to the public from 3pm to 9pm and on Friday from 9am to 6pm. There is no entrance fee, but a R10 donation is requested.
There is lots of parking, and refreshments will be on sale, said organising committee spokesperson Les Weyer.
Weyer yesterday said more than 2 000 birds had been entered, but there could be more. They range from 13 types of canaries, indigenous birds and exotics from Europe, Australia and the US.
The show is organised by 13 clubs, which travel to the main cities on a rotational basis.
“Last year, the show was held in KwaZulu-Natal and next year the venue is to be in Cape Town.
“The northern region has 13 clubs and they all got together to present the show,” Weyer told Independent Media.
Twenty judges will be viewing and pronouncing tomorrow, and the prize-giving ceremony will be held on Friday.
The public will have the pleasure of seeing various types of birds including finches, parrots and doves under one roof, which they would not normally see.
The association was established in 1934, with the aim of presenting an annual national show. Since then it has taken place every year, except during World War II.