A while ago I showed you some special birding terms for all of us experts to use .... they're on the business end of this link ... 4-gwibbers-aztecstoe-rags-etc.html Now here's some more ..... KIKI ... someone who encroaches on your patch .... it's from Kiki in Hector's House... she's always looking over the wall into his garden and he doesn't like it. She uses a ladder ! That's a liberty that is. Laughably, she's a weather forecaster ! MINTY ... someone who likes big, gaudy birds, and doesn't think much of warblers etc. It comes, I believe, from Robert Smith's song "Like Cockatoos" because Robert = Trebor backwards ..Trebor Mints. Obvious really. SLOB .... a twitcher/globe-trotter ... anyone who Sees Lots Of Birds. MOZZER .. a term of respect for a birder who is an all-round naturalist and knows about flowers, moths etc. Named after top Fylde birder Morris Jones .... Mozzer is a northern version of Morris. PIMP ... a sort of mini-Kiki ... they Peek Into My Patch. KIRBY ... a really good bird ... a "gripper" ( Kirby Grips ... if you remember them. ) KERBY ... a birder who does most of their birding from a parked car ... at the kerb. Easily confused with the similar-sounding Kirby. NELSON .. a birder who can't really see anything through their scope but pretends they can. Admiral Nelson famously had one useless eye. TELLY .. from Telly Savalas. A birder who closes the other eye when using a scope ... Mr. Savalas had an eye-patch. Well, now you know. By using these terms regularly you will be admired by all !!! Here's an episode of Hector's house .... Kiki appears at 2:48 ! Cheeky bugger. ..and Kirby Grips are a brand of Hair Grips ... my mum used them... there's also a band called The Kirby Grips but they're crap. ... and here's Shakira Seeing Lots Of Birds ....good ID practice here for you ....
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