Bird Quiz

[glenlass]

Mother used it to do the laundry
Does this bird have too much blood?

Thanks for any help

[emmie]

red plover?

[Chipchopper]

Redstart ?

[1ozzy]

Redbreast?
Just to confuse things,,

[emmie]

i thought of red plover, as its red for blood pl over if that makes sense.

[emmie]

first one is hard. i can only think of
magpie, macaw, none of which seem to fit

[bhg481]

dipper, at a pinch.

[mallyh]

1 iffy.... bluebird (laundry blue)

[TheWinner]

mallyh, round here it was called Dolly Blue. do you think it's a trick question, dolly bird? bit strange if so.
http://www.oldandinteresting.com/laundry-blue.aspx#dolly

[bhg481]

The tub in which washing was done was called a dolly - hence dolly-blue. The stick used to push the washing up and down was a posser - I was argueing you were dipping the washing, hence my suggestion of dipper.

[TheWinner]

I understand bhg481. I remember them.

[RM54]

The Latin name for the little wood rail is aramides mangle.