I purchased 6 new finches today, and at a bargain deal of less than $170. I drove to Orlando to see if I could find a pair of green-back twinspots. Of course I found them, but there were at least 10 people standing at the booth drooling over them. I had to act swiftly (and in the spirit of Christmas shopping at a big box store with a super sale) to snatch the best pair before I missed my chance. Yes, that meant tripping the old lady with the walker! Just kidding.
I also found a deeply discounted pair of St. Helena's and Orange-cheek waxbills ($8), and a super cheap pair of gold-breasted waxbills ($15 each).
I have to say, I LOVE these green-back twinspots! The male has the funniest song, and he does this cute little downward dog hop dance when he sings it. The song always ends with a wolf whistle. So amusing!
I have one comment about the show. The birds did not look so great this time. Many birds were molting, and I observed lots of birds in suboptimal health and even blind birds! Why would the vendors even bring these?!?!! Needless to say, everybody is in quarantine.
One last thing--can you tell I'm excited? I purchased a seed recycler. It was the last of the smaller models, and so they gave it to me for $70 instead of $150. I've been saving my used seed for the last month in the fridge because I anticipated purchasing one of these. Plus I've traveled a few times this month and my pet sitters always feed the birds at least 5-10x the amount of food I would normally use. After filtering the chaff from all the used seed, I have at least $30 worth of food or more. I think I saved money on this contraption already!
Sounds like you had a great time at the expo and made some great purchases. Once they have settled in, we'd all love to see photos. And I agree, the Green-backed Twinspots are fabulous birds.
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