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Determining Aviary and Possible Age of a Bird From Leg Band Info

DavidRF

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I have an African Grey who sadly passed away tonight, but her leg band reads as PBA 3081, which based on the comments i saw in a thread here prior to this lead me to suspect she was from Queen's Pride Aviary, which now shows as being permanently closed according to Google.

I was trying to determine how old she may have been, as we rescued her from the local humane society around 20 years ago.

Any info anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated.

Dave
 

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I am not able to help but I wanted to say I am sorry for your loss.
 

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I´m sorry for your loss David :(

The only information I can find online is that the Aviary was owned by Virginia (Ginny) and Bob Queen, they had two locations but one telephone number.
+1 830-885-6189
167 Elmhurst Dr, Spring Branch, TX 78070

Queen’s Pride Aviary
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Bob & Ginny Queen
Riverside, CA 9250302751
909-343-0741
(FAX)909-343-0741
pionus@empirenet.com
Pionus -Blue Heads, Bronze Wings, Coral Bills, Dusky, Maximillian and White Caps.
African Greys -Congo and Timneh Greys.
Amazons -Blue Fronts, Doub. Yellow Heads, Green Cheeks, White Fronted, Red Lore, Yellow Nape Caiques. White Bellies.
We usually have a selection of hand feds and parent raised young birds available check our home page for current availability. We ship in the U.S.A. FULLY WEANED BIRDS ONLY!


Here is a capture of their website from 1998;
 

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The only way to tell from the band how old she was would be if they put the year on it. Some breeders don't because they don't have enough babies every year and you usually have to buy bands in bulk.. omitting the year allows them to keep using the bands and not have to toss old ones and have to buy new ones yearly.

I suppose you could try to see if the numbers or email are still active and ask if they have records!
 

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I'm very sorry for your loss.
 
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