Would you beleive it

[boatman]

Second hand chin salesman is a phrase a mate of mine came up with. We were gigging in a pub near Marlborough and a load of horsey set chinless wonders came in braying away to each other. My mate turned to me and said ‘“a second hand chin salesman could make a fortune in here….”.

CHEERS Tim for exslanation on chin saleman as ive never heard that before

[Ian M]

My older brother had some tales of the "nature" in Aussy. Many to rude to tell here though. One of the safer ones involved a Funnel web that hid between the toilet bowl and the seat and bit him on the ...er.... didgeridoo if you know what I mean. At the hospital trying to play it cool he asked the nurse if she could give him something to take the pain but leave the swelling...

[Tim Marlow]

AN FUNNY thing about that what i thought was a jackdoor as i dint see it proper like but jen said that jackdoor had red feathers on its wings funny that as ive kept several jackdoors when younger but ive never seen one with red feathers any one know what bird it was ?

If he had red beak and wings he was a chough like this Chris.

If he looked like this he was a Jay. If he didn’t look like either of them he was a mutant

[stillp]

*jackdaw

Pete

[boatman]

HI Tim thanks for bird pics but i had a good look at the bird just as we pulled the twinwall away an the bird had a black shiny beak an black all over but jen says it had red feathers in its wings as jen got the bird out of the fire place an ran with it outside an i was busy standin back as it was goin mad so you may be right maybe right as to a mutant
chrisb

[boatman]

*jackdaw

Pete

HI Pete yes thats what i thought it was as kept several when younger but when jen grabbed it i dint see the red feathers an never knew they had red feather if it was a jackdoor but god he put up a fight with jen
chrisb

[Ian M]

Was it like this.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-winged_Blackbird/photo-gallery/306392131

A bit far from home if it is one.

[boatman]

Was it like this.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-winged_Blackbird/photo-gallery/306392131

A bit far from home if it is one.

Well mate i dint see that red at all all i see was a black bird when i shone the torch light on it an it had a hint of blue in its breast feathers thats why i thought its a jackdoor an it was bigger than a blackbird

[RonGlass]

lol two (or three) countries divided by a common language. A moggy is a cat if you haven't worked that out yet.

Ian, that brings to mind childhood memories of moving every 2 -4 years to another Marine Corps base when Dad would get transferred. Even if just moving to another state or region within the US, inevitably the new-to-us local vernacular was something that to be learnt necessarily LOL
Oh and whenever we'd live in Southern California and he'd have to go to Twennynine Palms for desert training he'd have to shake his boots after waking, they were a favorite place for scorpions to occupy during the night

[RonGlass]

Well mate i dint see that red at all all i see was a black bird when i shone the torch light on it an it had a hint of blue in its breast feathers thats why i thought its a jackdoor an it was bigger than a blackbird

Well that one is certainly handsome

[Tim Marlow]

Sounds like a really dirty Jay to me Chris, the Red winged blackbird would be a first for the UK I think.

[RonGlass]

Sounds like a really dirty Jay to me Chris, the Red winged blackbird would be a first for the UK I think.

Tim I know next to nothing about Audubon but here's who has taken up residence in my Ladyfriend's back yard presently

[Tim Marlow]

Tim I know next to nothing about Audubon but here's who has taken up residence in my Ladyfriend's back yard presently

Love it Ron. No idea what it is, though it could be a warbler of some sort. The chicks look a bit like our starlings. Your birds are different to ours :smiling:

[boatman]

Sounds like a really dirty Jay to me Chris, the Red winged blackbird would be a first for the UK I think.

WELL Tim i shew jen the picture an she says yes it was a red winged blackbird whats shown in the photo

[Tim Marlow]

Then you’ve seen an extremely rare bird Chris :thumb2: The last time one was seen it was apparently in the Orkneys. It caused bird watchers to charter private planes just to go up there and see it…..