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| This website was created 2/10/2006 and is dedicated in loving memory to my father ~ DAVID RUBIN ~ |
| Last Updated 6/23/2008 |
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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" |
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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 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! |
| ~ Cockatiel Genetics Made Easy! - the original text teaching breeders and zoos worldwide ~ |
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| Linda S. Rubin writes as BirdChannel's Cockatiel Expert |
| Linda S. Rubin is an author, editor, speaker, 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 almost two decades. Linda writes as Ask the Expert Columnist for BIRD TALK'S website, BIRDCHANNEL.COM, and as Pet Columnist for Australia's TALKING BIRDS. With more than 200 articles published, she worked as Senior Editor and feature writer for COCKATIEL & PARAKEET WORLD, and penned columns for CAGE & AVIARY BIRDS (UK), BIRD TIMES, CAGE BIRD HOBBYIST, UK BIRDKEEPER, ACBM and the AFA WATCHBIRD. Her features have appeared in BIRD TALK, BIRDS USA, CRITTERS USA, POPULAR COCKATIELS, and JUST PARROTS, among others, trade publications 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. , which are considered the highest awards in US aviculture. Linda is the founding president of Cockatiel Foundation, Inc. - and their genetics consultant. webmaster and executive editor. She serves on the board of directors of the American Federation of Aviculture, Inc. as Northeastern director, public relations chair, and AVY awards chair. She is a Certified Avian Specialist with the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council 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 facilitator of the original Cockatiel Genetics Workshops (TM) in the United States and a presenter at 12 national AFA conferences, the Canadian Parrot Symposium, conventions and private meetings - including Keynote Speaker at the First International Cockatiel Symposium hosted by the Australian National Cockatiel Society and the Native Cockatiel Society of Australia in Brisbane and Sydney, and as overseas speaker at the Avicultural Society of Australia in Melbourne, Australia. For complete bio, click Biography |
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| Reliable, dependable information from an international author you can trust ... Learn to predict even the most complex color expectations & recombinant (crossover) genetics in genders and percentages saving years of valuable time ~ from the beginning and with NO KNOWLEDGE ASSUMED! MORE, click here ... |
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| Linda S. Rubin Founding President - Cockatiel Foundation, Inc. Panel Judge for the Cockatiel Foundation & the Society of Parrot Breeders & Exhibitors |
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| "LINEBREEDING for Health, Fertility & Longevity" American Federtaion of Aviculture 2008 convention |
