Sunday teaser !!

[jimmy]

Whats this bird :)


http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=82&stc=1

[kenny]

hi jimmy when i read sunday teaser thats not the kind of bird that i expected..........................is it a wren or from the trogladytes family mate

by the way hope you have nice holiday mate where are you going

ken

[jimmy]

Its not the sort of Sunday teaser i would like either Kenny :)

What do you mean by trogladytes, ken.

Off to Malta for a couple of weeks Ken :razz: :razz:

[jimmy]

hi Ken

its from the family - Sylviidae

[kenny]

the wren is known as trogladytes trogladytes


ken

[bigal47]

Hi one and all
Hi Jimmy with your clue it would make it a wren or warbler
Possible a hen Dartford warbler
Allan

[kenny]

hi allan,

i think its definately a warbler but which one ?we will have to find out as jimmy is on holiday next week


ken

[jimmy]

Keep going ken & allan, you'r getting there. :razz: :razz:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Jimmy,

Is it a Marsh Warbler?

Paul.:wink:

[kenny]

hi jimmy is it a vireo or a babler like matt,


ken

[jimmy]

Hi Paul & Kenny,

NOOOOOOOOOO :razz: :razz:

[jimmy]

Ok Kenny,

heres another clue - its a brit and it flys. :razz:

[jimmy]

sorry Ken, i might have mislead you a bit :???:

It is a brit but its also common in most of southern Europe and Turkey :grin:

[Robb]

Hi Jimmy,


How about Grasshopper Warbler??

Robb

[jimmy]

Hello Robb,

sorry mate, its a big NOOOOOOO :razz:

[PAUL HEARN]

:shock: :shock: Huh!Paul.

[kenny]

hi jimmy

is it a dartford warbler mate.please!

ken

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Jimmy,

You don't play fair, I'm done stick a fork in me.:(

Paul.:wink:

[jimmy]

Dartford Warbler was mentioned in an earlier post Kenny, please pay attention :)

Where would you like me to stick the fork Paul :)

Another clue -

This bird was named after an 18th century Italian zoologist :?

[Robb]

Hi Jimmy,

Well mate that did make it easy Cetti's Warbler it is then.


Cheers

Robb

[kenny]

hi jimmy

why dont you just give the answer to everybody i thought i was your best pal,i am coming to take my football back and i am noy coming out to play with you again.:D :D

ken

[jimmy]

Well done Robb :)

Hi Ken, sorry mate i havn't got your ball any more, i swapped it for a triangle,a nicely coloured piano and a Xylophone.

I've been invited to join a new band being formed, can't say too much, its a bit hush hush :razz:

[kenny]

ok you spoilsport make sure when you go to malta you visit gozo you will love it


ken

[jimmy]

Thanks Ken,

Been to Malta many times, but never been to Gozo, will give it a look, apparently theres a really good chinese restaurant there.

Also having a day trip to sicily.

I normally like a bit of water sports, but had an accident in Cyprus last August, fractured a couple of verabrae in my spine and ended up in a cypriot hospital for a couple of weeks.
So the wife won't let me on a speedboat no more. :sad:

[kenny]

hi jimmy

i know all about fractured vertibrae mate,if you can stand the site of blood look on the internet under clowards procedure i have had 3 of them and they are very nice

ken

[jimmy]

Sorry guys, forgot info on Cetti's Warbler.

Cetti's warbler
Cettia cetti

A small, rather nondescript bird, Cetti’s warbler (pronounced chetty) is a skulking bird and can prove very difficult to see. It usually makes its presence known with loud bursts of song and the first glimpse will probably be of a dark, rather stocky warbler with short wings and a full, rounded tail, diving for cover. It is one of the UK’s most recent colonists, first breeding here in 1973, and its small population makes it an Amber List species

Breeding
It likes dense, damp cover such as brambles and willow scrub next to reeds and most of its population breeds by sizeable reedbeds.

Wintering
Similar to breeding habitat.

Where to see it
Likes damp areas close to wetlands. Look for it at RSPB reserves at Radipole Lake and Lodmoor, Dorset; Exminster Marshes, Devon; Marazion Marsh, Cornwall; and Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk.

What does it eat?
Insects and larvae.

What does it sound like?
A loud, explosive series of notes.

When to see it
All year round.

Similar species
Nightingale, Reed warbler

[Waxbillman]

hello Ken

i have just searched the internet for the clowards procedure, my god that looks nasty indeed,
must have been tough going through all that.

matthew

[kenny]

hi matt

your right it f*****g hurt at the time and before i had each operation i had to have radioactive fluid pumped into my spine so they could pinpoint the nerves i would not wish any of it on my worst enemy but we all have our cross to bare matt there are people a lot worse off what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger.had a look for that book by the way but i cant seem to find it in any british websites there was one australian one and it was $45 on there which to me is scandalous.

cheers matt

ken

[Waxbillman]

yeh, ken, its only available in Auastralia we have to import them.

matt

[jimmy]

Hi Matthew,

Amazon have several copies from 0.90p second hand, link below -

Jimmy :)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0002192381/qid=1123748150/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_8_4/202-6342603-6244632

[jimmy]

Hi Matthew,

Also on e-bay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAGE-AND-AVAIRY-BIRDS-BOOK_W0QQitemZ7706270733QQcategoryZ46289QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem

[Waxbillman]

thats briiliant, jimmy i'm going to order one right now.

matthew

[kenny]

hi matt i have just put a bid on that book on e-bay for £10:grin: :grin:


ken

p.s.only joking hope you get it mate its a great book

[Waxbillman]

hello Ken


:lol: you got me going then Ken :mad: i thought i was going to have to call around and let youe tyres down!!!

matthew

[kenny]

hi matt now would i do that to you,i have already got one book but mine is hard back of course

ken:grin: :grin: :grin:

[Waxbillman]

glad to hear it Ken :) i don't want to pay any more than 5 quid for it.


matthew

[jimmy]

Hi Matthew,

See you've got a bid on it, good luck mate. :)

[Waxbillman]

cheers Jimmy

matthew

[kenny]

hows your bid doing then matt?

ken

[Waxbillman]

well Ken

i have not been out bid yet, so thats i good thing.

matthew

[kenny]

hi matt great stuff there.look what i saw at beamish museum on saturdayhttphttp://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=111&stc=1://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=112&stc=1 (http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=111&stc=1://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=112&stc=1)
ken dont take any notice of the date i had to change the batteries and i was meant toreset the date but i couldnt be a***d

[jimmy]

Hi Ken,

nice pics mate, could you please set the date right on ya camera. :)

[kenny]

hi jimmy
i have just explained that i was in a rush to get the pics right at the top of the pit head,my batteries went flat and you have to reset the date when you change the batteries but i didnt have time as i didnt know how long they where going to sit there as it was they didnt move,from what i could see there where 2 cocks 2 hens and the rest where youngsters they where flying from the trees to the hand rail and my wife was clouting me saying we havent come here to look at birds:grin: :grin:
ken

[Waxbillman]

hello Ken,

nice chaffinches, there lovely birds, i like how they show the white when they fly.

matt

[kenny]

hi matt

frankly they were the last things i was expecting to see up there and as you say they are lovely birds.i wish i could have got closer but i would have ended up on the slag heap and i thought i might see some of my sisters mates down there so istayed where i was the funny thing was nobody else semed to notice them they were saying what a lovely view and i was saying my god chaffinches!:grin:

ken

[Waxbillman]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

matthew