英会話教室でメジロの話をして来ました。 punch line がイマイチでした。 Japanese white- eyes bird (Mejiro in Japanese) and black eye.
There are some plum trees in my garden. I can see white-eye birds sing on it in this season. They sing very well with good voices. I take photos through the window with a new camera bought with my 100,000 cash handout.
I used to catch white eyes when I was young. Now all birds is forbidden to catch and keep since 2012. But I used to catch many birds with birdlime in the1960’s. I lure a bird with a mandarin orange on the branch that was covered by birdlime. As soon as I saw a white-eyes hanging on the branch, I’d dash from a hidden place and catch it. After catching one, I’d use it as a decoy. The decoy bird calls its fellow birds with its cry in the cage. I was able to catch one after another.
That is a nostalgic memory from my childhood. I spent most of my free time in the forest or in the river for catching birds, fish and so on.
A black eye means “bruise”. For example I got a black eye after fighting with my wife.