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The National Finch and Softbill Society is dedicated to promoting the enjoyment of keeping and breeding Finches and Softbills to all interested parties, enhancing our knowledge of the proper care of these birds, encouraging breeding programs, and working with other organizations for the preservation of aviculture in this country.

Founded in 1984, the NFSS currently has over 700 members, representing all fifty U.S. states and several countries around the world.

Join NFSS and you will receive the NFSS Journal (formerly called the NFSS Bulletin), published six times a year. The Journal is our way of sharing information with our members. A high quality and informative publication, the Journal is full of great articles on many subjects of interest to the bird enthusiast. The coverage of the Journal strives to be balanced among the interests of Society members, and includes regular features on keeping and caring for birds, breeding, banding, showing, avian medicine and legislation affecting aviculture. Members are also entitled to purchase aluminum, numbered yearly, NFSS Leg Bands.

The National Finch and Softbill Society, is a nonprofit organization as described in section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code - we are a hobbyist organization dedicated to the conservation, breeding, exhibiting and enjoyment of finches and softbills.

Order your 2009 & 2010 bands today!

  • Your NFSS Membership must be paid current to ordering NFSS closed bands
  • Renew today! The fastest way to assure your band order can be processed quickly
    is to make your renewal online using PayPal.


The 2009 NFSS Census is now open!


DVD Compilation of NFSS Journal Backissues 1984-2008

NFSS @ 25 / A 25th Anniversary DVD compilation
of the NFSS Journal Back issues 
1984-2008. 


In celebration of our 25th Anniversary year, now you can order all backissues of the NFSS Journal in one DVD! $20.00 per DVD including Shipping and Handling within domestic USA. For orders shipping to foreign locations, shipping charges will be more depending on destination.



Why birds?

Raising birds is rewarding, enriching, and delightful; Birds sing, hop, chipper, and rejoice. Birds fly us away from our daily stress, and sweep us into a world that is uniquely of nature, a place of innocence, acceptance.. caution, and balance. As bird hobbyists, we manage, preserve, and cultivate species, sometimes endangered, and sometimes not. Avian management unleashes our creative spirit, our healthy interests, and our nuturing nature.

We feel passion, sometimes welcoming an intoxicating obsession. Sound avian management requires skill and knowledge. It is "healthy hobby", beneficial.. for us, and for our birds, winged, planetary jewels. In the process, we cultivate.. the most precious receipt, friendship (human, and naught). We are brought closer to each other.

Photos in Banner: Showroom by Vince Moase, Blue Eggs by Bet,Bluebirds & Photography, African Bleus by Shannon, Goldfinch by Tom Grey, Bird Photograher