Motor City Bird Breeders (10/26/2002) - OH
Judge: Roland Dubuc
Exhibitors: 7
Entries: 60

Judge's Comments:

The Motor City group certainly puts on a very good bird mart which also includes a bird show. The show was for the area a bit small but the birds were certainly of good quality.

Rares were limited to a black-cheekd, which was not up to par with most of the other birds being exhibited. The salmon patch on the breast was a bit irregular.

The Fischer's were quite good in the normal green classes, all were of the Type I class. But as the day wore on they were just a bit too tired. The normal green which won the class and section, had messed up a few head feathers but while placing the top bench he fixed them up and made it to 9th overall.

The masked were few in number as has been the case in most shows recently. One very good normal green was the section. This bird placed 3rd overall. I think it could have won the show had it been just a bit more steady on the perch.

The peachfadced as always were strong. The green section was won by an opaline. In fact two normal green opalines were exhibited and they placed first and second in section. The second place bird was bigger than the first but I felt that it showed some irregularities in the peach coloration. Both birds placed on the top bench. The blue section as always was very strong. The winner of the section was a very striking medium whitefaced blue. The face color was as close to perfect white as I have seen in years. This bird went on to place second overall. The second place bird was what I call the true example of what a great blue should look like. This bird was a medium blue, well trained in flawless condition but just a bit smaller than its competition. The pied sections had few birds. One exhibited in the blue pied section, I was very fond of, but it had a few problems that simply drove me crazy. I eventually placed the bird in 11th position.

The cinnamons, both American and Australian, were very strong. The winner of the American section was absolutely the most flawless bird I have seen this year, a whitefaced violet American cinnamon. Gain another bird which had perfect head color, perfect size and a sheen to its feathers that all exhibitors should envy. Congratulations to Barbara Theeke. The Australian cinnamon section was extremely strong. The top three birds all made it to top bench.

The violet section had four very good birds but I found that they lacked the size we were seeing in the other birds.

No longfeathered and no champions were exhibited.

A special thank you to both Karl and Jean Wiley for coming to my rescue on Friday.