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| A one-time Mega-Magazine publication! POPULAR COCKATIELS by BowTie's BIRD TALK Magazine Linda S. Rubin is the sole author on color mutations writing a 10-page mutation article titled: "The Colorful Side of Cockatiels: The Popular, the Fancy & the Rare" |
| Linda S. Rubin is an author, editor, speaker, consultant, and avian educator with an international byline and 30 years experience keeping and breeding cockatiels and parrots. An avid enthusiast in the study of color mutations, she is widely recognized as a leading authority in the United States on cockatiel genetics. She's authored several books on aviculture, including Ultimate Parrot Guide and Multiple Bird Households that have been awarded the ASPCA Seal of Approval. Her popular self-published volume, Cockatiel Genetics Made Easy, has sold to aviculturists, hobbyists and zoos around the world for two decades. With more than 200 articles published, Linda has penned columns for Cage & Aviary Birds (UK), Bird Times, Cage Bird Hobbyist, UK Birdkeeper, American Cage Bird Magazine and the AFA Watchbird; she also worked as senior editor for Cockatiel & Parakeet World. Her features have appeared in Bird Talk, Birds USA, Critters USA, Popular Cockatiels, trade publications including American Family & Pet Expo - and in over a dozen international journals around the world including the Australian National Cockatiel Society, Native Cockatiel Society of Australia, and Avicultural Society of Australia, Inc . Linda is a recipient of the coveted WATCHBIRD Silver AVY Award for her writing in AFA Watchbird by the American Federation of Avicutlure, Inc. (AFA). She writes as an Ask the Expert columnist for Bird Talk's website, BirdChannel.com and as a companion bird columnist for Australia's Talking Birds. Linda is the Founding President of Cockatiel Foundation, Inc. - also serving as their genetics consultant and webmaster - and serves on the board of directors of the American Federation of Aviculture, Inc. as Northeastern director, PR Chair, and AVY Awards Chair. She is a Certified Avian Specialist with the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council taking their first course offered, and qualified as a Certified Panel Judge for several national organizations judging bird shows across the US, Canada and Puerto Rico since 1984. Linda is the faciliator of the original Cockatiel Genetics Workshops (TM) in the United States and a presenter at 12 national AFA conferences, the Canadian Parrot Symposium, and numerous conventions and private meetings - including Keynote Speaker at the First International Cockatiel Symposium in Brisbane and Sydney, and the ASA in Melbourne, Australia. For complete bio, click Biography |

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COCKATIEL GENETICS MADE EASY! ORIGINAL BOOK REVIEW by Dr. Rainer R. Erhardt "Well, there is help on the horizon and anyone seriously interested in color genetics should take a look at Linda Rubin's book: COCKATIEL GENETICS MADE EASY! Though this book is primarily directed to breeders of cockatiel mutations, there is enough information in this little volume to teach anyone the secrets of dealing with recessive, sex-linked, and dominant mutations..." ACBM, Vol. 65, No.12 CLICK TO READ REST OF REVIEW! 112 pages, 15 chapters, glossary & more! |
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