Baltimore Bird Fanciers

04/26/2025

Home needed in Salisbury, MD for 2 female budgies and 2 male zebra finches. Message if interested.

04/25/2023

Please note that, unfortunately, our club is still inactive and not meeting.

We would answer any questions concerning your companion bird if we can, we currently have no plan to re-start our meetings.

07/28/2022

Experienced bird person in Baltimore looking for a Conure to adopt. Anyone have any leads currently?

05/18/2022

HELLO!

I am writing to you all, members, former members, and friends of the Baltimore Bird Fanciers, to see if there is any interest in starting up the club again in some sort of a capacity.

After the shut down and situation over the past two years, we have not been able to meet. Since there is still an issue, though not to the extent of the original pandemic, I am hoping to attempt to have meetings going forward. I know a few others have expressed interest as well. I am hoping to get a reply from each of you as soon as possible to see if this is something feasible. Please also reply if you are NOT INTERESTED so I know the opinion of those I have contacted.

My reason for asking at this time is that, after the death of our treasurer Ray Reter, we have just this week been notified of the need to renew our insurance policy that is due THIS WEEK. I am willing to renew if there is a plan to begin meeting again.

One of the primary situations would be WHERE to meet. I believe initially, we might need to meet at a restaurant, or if possible, a small meeting room. After that is settled, we need to see if we are able to possibly have speakers again. I do have two possible locations to inquire about. One is in Anne Arundel County near BWI and the other is in Baltimore City not too far from the stadium. If anyone else knows of a meeting spot, please advise.

Also, since we did not previously have someone to do a newsletter, other than my husband who is now simply too busy, I would be changing it to a more limited format that would be one or two pages in PDF form, and be emailed to the majority of the members. A few copies could be mailed to those without email addresses.

If we are to reestablish the club, dues of $20 would be received once again, and we would be able to hopefully get back on our feet. Mary Hart has renewed the website for the coming year so that is still in operation.

Please respond to this post as soon as possible and we can discuss this further. Our legacy as a club and educational group is something, in my humble opinion, that is worth saving.

Please let me hear from you.

Thank you,
Jan Sharik Baker
Acting President
Baltimore Bird Fanciers

10/06/2021

Bird store theft in New Jersey.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article254789212.html

05/29/2021

The Officers, Board, and members wish to express our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of our long time member and Treasurer Raymond E. Reter on his untimely passing. Our prayers to the family and we thank him for his faithful service to our group.

Raymond E. Reter passed away on Sunday, May 23, 2021. The Cockeysville, Maryland resident was 73 years old. He was born on August 28, 1947 to Constance nee Bottone and Raymond R. Reter in Baltimore, Maryland. He proudly served with the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Raymond was

03/22/2021

Not about pet birds but interesting!

It’s not every day one gets to see a leucistic red-tailed hawk. What is leucism? For starters, it’s different than albinism. According to Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Project FeederWatch, “Leucism refers to an abnormality in the deposition of pigment in feathers. There is some disagreement a...

02/04/2021

Dear Club Members, we wish to announce that we are waiving a membership fee for 2021. If you are already a member of the club, your membership will continue free of charge.

We hope to be able to get together at some point in the not too distant future.

www.baltimorebirdfanciers.org

01/13/2021

Dear friends, hoping all of you are safe, healthy and well as we enter into 2021. As you are probably aware, we are unable to meet in the BCPL meeting rooms still so our meetings are on hold for the time being. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We also generally see many of you at the World of Pet's Expo at the Timonium Fairgrounds at the end of each January. That has been moved to the beginning of May at this time. We will advise when this is confirmed or further moved.

Dear Friends,

We are writing to let you know of our date change for the the 20th Annual World of Pets Expo – in 2021 at the MD State Fairgrounds in Timonium. Due to Covid19 the facility has asked us to move our dates. Our new dates will be May 1&2, 2021. These spring dates are for 2021 only, we will move back to our favored January dates in 2022.

We wanted to reach out to you before we update our website and inform the public. Its been a difficult year for everyone but it seems there are some bright spots appearing on the horizon.

Please let us know asap if you would like to participate on those new dates. Hoping you will join us 😊 We will be posting a revised application on our website shortly, but meanwhile if you would like to join us just reply to this message and we will send it over to you.
Don’t hesitate to call or email if you have questions. We are working hard on all the exciting new things that will surely make this our best show ever.

Take care,
Jeanne
800-882-9894
www.worldofpets.org

THE Family Event for Pet Lovers - Shop! Adopt! Be Entertained! The World of Pets Expo is a fun and educational experience for the entire family, including

12/15/2020

We knew this all along!!!

According to the study authors, birds are some of the best indicators of biological diversity in any given area because they are usually seen or heard in their environments, especially in urban areas. However, more bird species were found near natural green spaces, forested areas and bodies of water...

11/14/2020

We are still unable to meet for the foreseeable future. We hope for better times in 2021.