Aviculture enthusiasts, you won’t want to miss out on one of the biggest bird sales in Australia, the annual Orange Bird Sale on Saturday March 7.

Hosted by the Orange Bird Society, the sale is held at Sir Neville Howse Stadium (PCYC) and attracts hundreds of sellers, buyers, trade exhibitors and spectators. With last year being one of their biggest sales to date, Orange Bird Society President, Tony Ford is hoping to do it all again this year.

Bird buyers from most states and territories attend the sale, with breeders travelling from Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and ACT this year.

Tony explained, “We encourage the public to come along and have a look, make it a family outing and bring the kids along, they may see birds they might not get to see again. There's always some exotic birds and it tends to be a surprise on the day to see what’s there.”

“If there are people interested in starting and breeding birds come along and grab some tips off the stall holders. Everything from the birds themselves, supplies, accessories, medications, nest boxes, anything that is associated with the aviculture industry will be available there.”

The sale runs from 10am-2pm with a $2 entry fee and  Canteen facilities will be available.

Each year the Orange Bird Society also host a Saturday night dinner, which this year will be held at the Orange City Bowling Club which is open to the public, Tony continued, “I really enjoy the dinner, it’s nice to sit down and just reflect on how the weekend went and have a chat to like-minded people in the industry and see how things are going Australia wide.”

“This sale is to showcase what aviculture is all about, if that’s what you are interested in, then Neville Howse Stadium is the place to be on March 7.” For any enquiries please contact ‘Orange Bird Sale’ on Facebook.