Re: bird id

Crabcake????

On 8/21/07, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> ROTFL!!!!!  She has no sense of humor Jim!!!
>
>
> james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
> I told her to tell them "in the water" just like their grandparents did
> in hot tubs in the 60s, but she said that was "inappropriate".
>
> On Aug 21, 2007, at 11:06 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
> > Did you send her with the stork information? Or the cabbage patch?
> > (*giggle*) When kids grow up on a farm...they figure that out pretty
> > soon.
> >
> >
> >
> > james singer wrote:
> > Right. If you've got any extras, send them our way. Very pretty
> > bird...
> > and very nice photograph.
> >
> > Oh, yeah, and Crabcake went back to school today. But not before I
> > downloaded and printed the National Zoo's fact sheet. Seems one of Ms.
> > Fatma's precocious beasts asked her yesterday how they made babies.
> >
> > On Aug 21, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> >
> >> "Oh, my" is right, Kitty. What a beautiful little bird.
> >> zem
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty"
> >> To:
> >> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 10:10 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] bird id
> >>
> >>
> >>> I'd rule out the flycatcher, breast not bright. The eastern Phoebe
> >>> looks plausible, but no reddish tail. The wren Theresa mentioned
> >>> seems likely. While searching for pictures I came across the Fairy
> >>> Wren. Oh my! Glorious. Not mine though.
> >>> http://wordpress.com/tag/spiral/feed/
> >>> and scroll down a bit.
> >>> Oh, wow, and this!:
> >>> http://www.surfbirds.com/media/Photos/dec03screen.jpg
> >>>
> >>> Kitty
> >>> neIN, Zone 5
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Carpenter"
> >>>
> >>> To:
> >>> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:16 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] bird id
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I assume you mean chickadee sized. That and the reddish tail have me
> >>>> stumped. Check your bird pictures and see if they might be Eastern
> >>>> Phoebes or possibly (if larger than you thought) a great crested
> >>>> flycatcher.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> >>>>
> >>>> On Aug 18, 2007, at 8:12 AM, Kitty wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I have had a new kind of bird here all summer and thought maybe
> >>>>> someone would have an idea. They're way too fast and skittish for
> >>>>> me to get a picture. They are rounded and little perhaps like a
> >>>>> chickadee. From a distance they seem to have a light gray breast
> >>>>> with darker wing feathers and i think the tail feathers might be
> >>>>> red or reddish. The distinctive feature is their sound. For such
> >>>>> a little bird they are very loud, making a sound like a cicada that
> >>>>> lasts 2 or 3 seconds at a time. Any ideas?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Kitty
> >>>>> neIN, Zone 5
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> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> > Hardiness Zone 10
> > Heat Zone 10
> > Sunset Zone 25
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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> > Jesse R. Bell
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> > "All that we are is a result of what we have thought." - Buddha
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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> Jesse R. Bell
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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