gold and tipped with dark orange pantone pen for toucan
blue for kingfisher
red for indian crow
You do get odd looks while plucking roadkill magpies at the roadside....... iain
Yes, for chatterer, Kingfisher is the best. In fact, i think way back in the days Chatterer became the sub for Kingfisher which became endanged for a time. So it's a role reversal of a sort. And Monte is right about the Florican. Another good sub for Indian Crow is the white feathers from the ring on a Ringneck Pheasent dyed red, or orange/red. mark
From: Monte Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Bustard Substitute? Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:07:14 -0700
Does anyone know of an even remotely good imitation of SpeckledHi Pete,
Bustard? I have heard that Ozark turkey, peroxide bleached then tan
dyed, will work, but my attempts resulted in a weird looking "thing". Suggestions? Same for Indian crow and blue chatterer subs.
Thanks and talk to you all later... back to work.
For speckled bustard, you can usually find a good speckled turkey that will come close. But what you describe might be more for florican bustard with the tan and brown barring? If so, peacock secondaries or the barred secondary feathers from a golden pheasant tail (not the round spotted ones) work well.
For Indian crow? Red bishop is a good sub but still tough to find. There are a number of substitutes dyed by some salmon tyers I know that are very good.
For chatterer the best sub is probably kingfisher.
If you'd like any web addresses where you can find these subs, contact me off list. I can point you in the right direction.
Monte
