Abstract
he AVY awards are the most prestigious awards to be given under certain circumstances and are presented at the Annual APA convention banquet dinner.
This year, three awards were presented to very deserving aviculturists.
First Breeding-Roland & Ilana Cristo-see the article about this breeding in the post-convention issue of the APA Watchbird.
AFA Silver AVY Award
1997 US First Breeding
Roland & Ilana Cristo
Cristo Aviaries
Yellow-breasted Cissa
Cissa (thalassina) hypoleuca
May 20, 1997
Auburn, CA
Silver AVY Award
Working with a difficult species
Katy McElroy and Lahser Interspecies Research Foundation received a Silver AVY Award for Katy's work with Black Palm Cockatoos, and more specifically; for her discovery of the special needs regarding hand feeding this particular species.
Katy's work with Lahser Interspecies Research Foundation and the discovery of needing a coarse formula even from day one, has made a big difference in the survival of handfed Black Palm Cockatoos. Her willingness to share this information has helped other aviculturists
successfully raise Black
Palm Cockatoos to the
weaning age.
2014 AFA Silver
AVY Award
Breeding a Difficult
Species
Katy McElroy & Lahser Interspecies Research Foundation Hand Feeding Diet for Black Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus aterrimus
August 2, 2014