Would you beleive it

[boatman]

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…..

OH BOY if i only knew what it was then but jen is insistent that was the bird wonder what it was doin here in norfolk ? be nice if it nested around here

[monica]

Chris is talking about "Jackdoor's".... then Moni replies about "moggy's" and a "huntsmen"... LOL, what the Heck ?? I either need to go back to school to re-learn how to speak English, or employ the services of a Translator LOL !!
Well okay, I think I have a handle on these weird creatures now, Moni's spider looks like a relative of a Tarantula here , Yikes !!!

ph my yes it all started with the moggys finding things for us and try to keep us out of troble but it just donse work outt that way,
:rolling:

[monica]

Moggy = Cat,
Huntsman = Spider (big hairy thing)
Jackdoor = Bird

mmm that all reminds me a little of something ,,but in a different order

[monica]

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….”.

hi Tim so there Traver secondhand saleman what a cleaver chap your mate is with that name

[RonGlass]

mmm that all reminds me a little of something ,,but in a different order

I bet Mike was thinking that too, isn't he an Aussie too? OMG and here I was thinking I was the only deviant here lol

[RonGlass]

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:

I've got a buddy.... An American buddy.. Lol.. who knows a thing or two about birds, I'll check with him and report back

[RonGlass]

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:

A week ago when they were new-borns, Sue noticed the parents were not present and she figured the babies didn't survive. So she asks (okay, okay, Coerced) me to come over and clean them out to make way for another family. Man I didn't have the heart for that, did it once before years ago and wow was I a wimp about it. I'd sooner shoot myself in the foot if there ever was a next time. So I was damn sure to observe the nest closely and saw movement. No mouths wide open awaiting food, but... stirring. Whewwwww... anyway, look at them now!

[Tim Marlow]

Ron, that doesn’t make you a wimp, it makes you a human being :thumb2:

[Guest]

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….”.

Bit like some of the Sandhurst officers we had - thank god for daddys money....

[Guest]

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

True, sleeping bags and boots....

[Tim Marlow]

Bit like some of the Sandhurst officers we had - thank god for daddys money....

The guy that coined the phrase was ex forces, and was working as a civilian camp commandant in a training facility on the plain Mike. He knew exactly what they were…..bloody Ruperts…..winding them up at work was one of the ways he made his day tolerable.

[RonGlass]

Ron, that doesn’t make you a wimp, it makes you a human being :thumb2:

Thanks man

[RonGlass]

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:

To anybody interested, so Sue said they are Bluebirds. When they were tiny their coloring was much more vibrant , but ended up looking more grayish. She said that probably means they are females because the males tend to stay the vibrant blue

[Tim Marlow]

Great stuff. Colours are more intense during the breeding season as well. Definitely one we don’t get over here no matter what the song says

[RonGlass]

Great stuff. Colours are more intense during the breeding season as well. Definitely one we don’t get over here no matter what the song says

LOL !!! Now there is a Turtle out here laying her eggs !!