Thank you David and Mary for a wonderful gathering! The weather was perfect, the food was plenty and the people were terrific! We had visitors from far away, Kit and Terri came from Redding and several came from coastal communities or Vancouver Island. A great time was had by all! Many thanks to all those who worked so hard and long to make this happen! Here is a sampling of the day.

Terri and Kit from Redding checking out the table.


Our ever hard working organizers, Karen and Sharon.


David and Eagleman (I think).

More of the afternoon.........

Lovely Darlene talking to someone.


Another of our hard working team..............Terry, with her mom.


Marg............from the Sunshine coast!

The last of the pictures..............

A visiting woodpecker!


The great love of the party..............so beautiful.

Hello, everyone!

Nikki and I had a blast at the open house, and we met new friends and re-connected with some that I haven't seen in a while. It was also great to put faces to names. Special BIG thank you's to David and Mary for graciously inviting us into your amazing home and aviary (are you accepting borders at this time?)!

The avian star of the day:




My crazy friend Nikki...

I like to thank you David and Mary Hancock for having Steamer and me at the party and being so welcoming.
It was so awesome to see so many nice people, all the birds and eat such delicious food.
We had so much fun.
The sandhills were a blast and we loved your pond and garden.
We got such a warm greeting from Karen B. and Gemini when we first arrived and we want to thank them for it.
Many thanks to all people who helped making this party such a great success.
Last but not least we like to thank all the photographers for such awesome pictures.

Hello Everyone I am not sure how best to do this, but I thought I'd start by notifying those of you who may live in the White Rock / South Surrey area.


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David has discovered that one is his Demoiselle Cranes has gone missing, likely on Monday Afternoon:

SPECIAL NOTE: One of our Demoiselle Cranes walked out of the pen as the crew was moving all the yard furniture from the weekend open house. This is one of our breeding pairs that are just maturing.

see the photos here on this thread:

forum/viewtopic.php?topic=550720#550720

If anyone has any information about this bird, Please call: 604 761-1025 David

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If those of you who live in the White Rock area could spread the word to keep an eye open for this bird maybe we will get lucky!

I'm so sorry to hear this! I know how much David loves his birds! This might sound stupid but does it fly?

Mary - David's birds are pinioned and banded but they can walk/run very fast and fly up a little bit. David is quite upset about this naturally.

Thanks to all who attended, all 106 of you!! I only wish I could have had time to speak with you all.