I had a visit from Dave Satterthwaite the other day to pay his sub and he asked if I would post this poem of his on the forum in memory of his friend Roger Goy.
L.B. JAYS
My idea of an L.B. Jay; is something hurtling past on a windy day. It's brown of course,and quite small too. But that's part of their plan for fooling me and you. It sometimes has a stripe on the edge of its tail. Which makes it harder to distinguish when it's flying in a gale.
A small pointed bill; a white bar on its wing, and it doesn't always help when the little darling starts to sing. A fork in its tail, legs sometimes pink and the Field Guide's no help, It's usually gone in a blink.
But a rule of thumb I have to tick an L.B.Jay; is to ring Roger Goy of 'Wildlife U.K.' Of information, truly this man is a hive On Lincoln five' doublefour, two four, five.
Dave Satterthwaite.
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