Last year, 200 people braved the winter's worst snowstorm to attend the first Midwest Bird Seminar. This year's seminar will be held Saturday March 2, 2001 at the Arlington Heights Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Speakers include Dr. Branson Ritchie, a noted avian medical researcher; Layne David Dicker, Bird Talk contributor and parrot behavioral consultant; Sam Foster on cockatoos; Diana Holloway of the Amazona Society and avian veterinarian Peter Sakas. There will be vendors and a buffet lunch. For more information contact: Midwest Bird Seminar, P.O. Box 404, Batavia, IL 60510-0404; (630) 879-9476; www.bird-seminar.com.