I have been tweeting pics of the Chachalaca Bird ever since I got to Mexico. If you go to the Redneck Island section in photos, you’ll see several pics of these very interesting birds. The way they walk around, they remind me of a miniature turkeys. They can fly, but they’re happy just walking around. They roost in trees at night and after they wake up and make a bunch of racket in the morning, they come down from their roost and walk around and eat.
I was first introduced to the Chachalaca early one morning. I had flown into Mexico the day before, got settled in, went and saw Redneck Island, and did a photo shoot(I hate photo shoots, btw). After I fulfilled my duties for RI, I headed back to the hotel and had dinner and a couple of Margaritas…Let me explain something to you about Mexico and Margaritas. There’s just something about being in Mexico where you just hear this voice…The voice says-Hey, man…Have a Margarita. Then my voice says to the bartender-Make it a double…The bartender says Si senor….And then you finish that Margarita which has been expertly mixed with Don Julio Reposada…And you hear that voice again say-Hey, dude…Go ahead and get you another Margarita. So my voice says to the bartender uno mas por favor-And make it a double…And so this happens over and over again…Then it’s bedtime …And then right about 30 minutes before my alarm is supposed to go off and I’m really hitting that last cycle of REM sleep…Somebody starts pushing a work cart out by the front of the room and it’s got a busted wheel on it that’s making the most God awful racket in the world…And I’m laying in bed, like, REALLY? This is a world class resort and I gotta listen to this busted up cart with a bad wheel make all this loud ass racket??? Are you kidding me? Then the voice says again…Hey dude…Have a margarita…No, dude! Shut up! It’s not time for a damn Margarita…It’s caffeine time and I’m not a morning person and I also had 30 more minutes of sleep coming….BUT I CAN’T SLEEP BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS A BUSTED ASS CART WITH A BAD WHEEL ON IT!!! So anyway, I digress…A few days go by, RI is moving along nicely. We are settling into a groove with the routine and the challenges and all of the reality stuff is going well. I’m getting settled into my role as the host. All is good.
So five days into filming, my wife, Kristin, comes in for a five day stretch…First morning—The cart with the busted wheel comes by,just like it does every day. My wife says-What is that noise? Oh that’s the guy with the busted cart…My wife says that can’t be a cart. Let me go see. Really? She don’t believe that a guy with a busted cart could make that much noise…She takes a look around outside and says that’s not a cart…It’s a bird. Aw bullsh$t…That ain’t no effen bird making that racket. I put some shorts on and squint through bloodshot eyes which, by the way, were scheduled to receive 30 more minutes of sleep. Where’s the friggin bird I ask? Right there, she says. In that tree. Well I’ll be damned…The whole time I had been there, I figured some guy had been pushing a damn sorry ass cart with a busted wheel. It was indeed a bird. On our way to breakfast we asked one of the groundskeepers what kind of bird that was. He told us that these were Chachalaca Birds. Now that I knew it was a bird making the racket, and not a cart with a busted wheel, I looked forward to the birds calling to each other and making their racket each morning.
I damn near had withdrawal from the noise that bird makes in the morning upon my arrival in Los Angeles. We have some pretty interesting birds that will sing early in the am. Namely a couple of mourning doves that coo every morning. Very relaxing…And we also have some sorry ass, loud, obnoxious crows that start squawking and yelling waaayyyy too early in the morning about nothing. Damn them crows are annoying.
So anyway…That’s the story of the Chachalaca Bird. They’re cool birds. I miss em.
Steve Austin
I m pretty sure when I looked the Chachalaca Bird Up on google it said they had some in Texas..Maybe ya can get some for the #BSR..LOL enjoyed the blog..Enjoying the Revamped Website…Very Nice…Take Care…Dawn
Yep, the Chacachalaca Birds are further South than the BSR, or I would have a bunch of em.
very interesting!
the first birds begin singing way before 4 am over here. i am no morning grouch so it is ok for me. it is a wonderful sound accept the doves and crows. they can be a real pain in the neck.
Thumbs up to Kristin!!! Takes a woman to go check what the bloody noise is. Now I wonder Steve…if what you heard was not a cart but a bird…what was the voice you heard?
Hope you passed a good time in this beautiful country. What kind of food do you tasted?
Here is an idea if you are still going through withdrawal from the Chachalaca Bird you can find a recording of them on the internet and put it on your phone as a alarm.
Steve you are a true redneck and not a city boy pretending to be one of us and I can prove it: isn’t it strange how we don’t mind the sounds of nature…. but let some guy with a busted wheel on his cart disturb us we are pisst. only a true redneck feels this way on both counts. I did go look at the pics of the birds they are very beautiful wish I could see one up close as you did.
BTW Steve how does a redneck girl from Florida get on that island??? I would love to give it a shot & I could realy use the $$$$ cause I am a mom of 2 boys and a college student.
Beth,
Right now we are hoping for Season 2. I do not know the casting business of it. Nice observation about the noise. Very true. The Chachalaca Birds are very peaceful. They never seem to be in a hurry and just do their thing.
Lmao. Awesome. Guess a busted wheel sounds better than waking up to my female rotweiler farting up my kitchen.. no lie. Sounds like a whoopie cushion factory at 7am
If you’re a Bird I’m a bird….
Funny that it took your wife to find out what was really making the noise. lol. But seriously glad you had a good time in Mexico and I love RedneckIsland..Cant see what other projects your BSRProductions is gonna come up with. Im sure they will be awsome.
Steve,
My name is william wilk and i am the vp of texas salute outdoors. We provide hunting opportunities to soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, that are wounded here in san antonio texas. We. Work with ranchs like the YO, double diamond, tko, king ranch, to name a few. Im not asking you to pay one cent of your money , but i am asking you to come along on just one weekend to spend time with our wounded servicemen. No publicity required just a weekend where you can hang out with these wonderful guys who have given so much.
Thanks again for the consideration,
William wilk
Williamwilk2@gmail.com
William,
Thanks for the heads up. I will check into it.
Hey Steve, I just thought I would let you know that I got some virus rootkit attack warning from my antivirus when I clicked the link to look at that graffiti pic in your twitter feeds.
Great blog! Makes me want to learn alot more about the Chachalaca Bird.
Thanks, as always.
Yeah, they are a really cool bird. Kind of like a mini turkey is the best way i can describe them. A neat bird, for sure.
Exactly! They sound like a goose though. Check this article out, if you can. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Plain_Chachalaca/sounds
I know ALL about noisy ass birds Steve. Seems like every damn time I turn around some dumb ass rooster is crowing his ass off up here in Farm Country, Hawaii. I’m seriously considering getting me a pellet gun and taking the little bastards out since it’s not illegal to do so. I’m not exaggerating when I say they NEVER shut up either. It’s all day, every day, and all night, every night.
Anyway, just wanted to share that and to also say that I’ve loved everything you’ve ever done, RI included. Hope there’s a season 2 of both RI and TE and that you and Rock team up again soon.
Thanks for everything Steve. Wish you never would have had to go through the hell you did just to entertain us in/out of the ring but I know you wouldn’t give any of those battle scars back and if you had to do it all over again, you would.
You and Rock will always be my all time favorites.
Much love and respect,
Derek
Derek. Thanks for the support! I had a damn good time in the ring. The wear and tear is part of the job…
RI and TE were both a lot of fun to make. I really enjoy reality television. Take care.
Who needs pellet guns when you have stunners? Walked right up to the biggest, loudest, nastiest sumbitch out there and stared his ass down for what seemed like an eternity….Proceeded to flip that bird THE bird and then kicked him right in his guts and delivered a 5 star stunner. It was a like a domino effect Steve, a real thing of beauty….All the other birds standin around watchin us felt that stunner and dropped out where they stood. Needless to say I haven’t heard one peep from the little bastards since.
Thanks Steve, you’re the man.
Derek
I spent two nights at the “Inn at Chachalaca Bend” in Los Fresnos, Tx last month. Not too much further south than Tilden. You can imagine where it gets it’s name. Same dude with the cart was making his rounds…..
It was a great place, small, out of the way and quiet, except for the birds.
I’ll be damned. I just may have to go down there and stay a few days. Very cool birds. Thanks, JB.
Hey Steve. I just stumbled across this site and it really is quite interesting hearing about your real life other than the acting and wrestling. It really shows you’re just a person like the rest of us and it is really awesome. Anyways, enough with that, I don’t want to sound like a nerd. Anyways…take care Steve.
Mahalo and aloha,
Zach
Thanks for stopping by, Zach.
Steve, I have been anxiously awaiting your Broken Skull Ranch gear, but everytime I log onto the gear section it is empty. Where do I need to go?
Mike, BSR gear is being printed next week. It has certainly been a long learning process for me. Thanks for hanging in there.
Hey Steve, Was wondering if you were gonna offer hunts on your ranch.Im a former Recon Marine and would love to shoot some guns and drink some beer with you. Thanks Jason
Jason, I am not booking hunts at this time. But maybe down the road. Take care.
Hey Steve, just wanted to stop by and say i’ve been a fan for years. I watched you all the time on wwe and also all your movies. You are truly a huge inspiration and shows that a-lot of hard work really does pay off. Take care and god bless.
Thanks, Mike.
Wow… I could only imagine if that was a guy with a cart. I would not want to be him… If I woke you up with a cart I dont know if I would run away in fear or try to shake your hand first. Well maybe I would get the handshake as long as i had a margarita or a beer on the cart for you, then run.
Great story thanks for the laugh!
-Bryton
Hey Steve, I just need to know… that mexican beer down there… is it worthy of being smashed above your head on the posts in the ring?
Hahahah! Thanks again for the great story!
-Bryton