The Adelaide Ornithologists Club (AOC) was founded by Alan Lendon, a leading surgeon and prominent aviculturist, in 1960, as a breakaway group from the South Australian Ornithological Association, with John Neil McGilp as its first President. It followed dissension within the SAOA about the live bird export trade, in which the Adelaide Zoo was a leading player and Lendon a member of the Zoo Council. In contrast to the SAOA, the AOC remains a small and exclusive group with a membership limited to 55. It publishes an occasional bulletin, Bird Talk, first issued in 1972. Surgeon may refer to: a practitioner of surgery the moniker of British electronic music producer and DJ, Anthony Child; see Surgeon (musician) This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Aviculture is the practice of keeping and often breeding pet birds, generally companion parrots, and the culture that forms around it. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... hi mom ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

References

• Bonnin, J. Mark. (1974). Obituary. Alan Harding Lendon. Emu 74: 60-61.
• Collier, Roger; Hatch, John; Matheson, Bill; & Russell, Tony. (Eds). (2000). Birds, Birders and Birdwatching. A celebration of one hundred years of the South Australian Ornithological Association. SAOA: Adelaide. ISBN 0959514228

• Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Melbourne University Press: Carlton. ISBN 0-522-84987-3