In the early 1980’s, a small group of bird owners hoped to learn more about their pets. They started a club in the back of a pet shop. With the aid of a local avian vet, Dr. Cate Adsit and the space provided by Ed Duncan, owner of Eddie’s Aquarium, the Captial District Pet Bird Club was formed. The club started with about ten people and grew over the years. The shop became too small and they moved the meetings to a local high school.

Now close to twenty years later, the Capital District Pet Bird Club still has regular meetings. The location is different but the main goal of the club is still the same—to educate bird owners. Our meetings are now held at various community libraries. We have toys for sale, raffles and a free door prize.

At each meeting you will hear a speaker talking on topics such as rescue, winterizing your birds, diet, behavior, caging and of course safety. We have also had lectures about softbilled birds and hummingbirds! We are looking to the future and hope to invite a gentleman who speaks to animals and an holistic vet to talk at our meetings. We have many avain vets in the club; they conduct lectures and also attend the meetings to held members who have questions that need to be addressed. We also have long-time bird owners, breeders and pet shop owners, who are happy to help with problems. We also have our own lending library within the club.

For meeting dates please see the "events" page of this website. Note: We do not allow birds at these meetings due to health and safety issues.