Re: bird id

In an entirely different context, Ms Fatma and I were whining recently about how much we missed the crab cakes at Faidely's Seafood [http://www.faidleyscrabcakes.com/] in Baltimore's Lexington Market. When we lived in WDC and environs we journeyed to Baltimore every so often to shop at Lexington Market in general, but Faidely's especially. It's difficult to describe the place and do it justice--it's an old fashioned fish market with a beer and raw bar. In the early AM, the beer and raw bar is crowded with revelers eating raw oysters and clams and more-or-less sobering up, and with ladies of the night grabbing a repast before going to whatever constitutes home. It has always reminded me of the Cafe du Monde I discovered as a lad in NOLa in the 50s. Anyway, at about 8AM every morning the ladies arrive to fire up the kitchen and make, among other Baltimore signature dishes, crab cakes. One-half pound of lump backfin blue crab meat, mayonnaise, bread crumbs, spices and who knows what else. One of the crab cakes probably has enough cholesterol to cause your whole circulatory system to instantly seize up--but it's worth it; they really are to die for.
Anyway, shortly after we had waxed poetic about Faidely's, the conversation turned to the hermit crab, and one of us called it "crabcake." We laughed and decided that was a good name for it. 

Long story for a short answer.

On Aug 21, 2007, at 4:19 PM, Pam Evans wrote:


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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