Re: bird id

Too funny.  I have a first cousin in Germantown MD and I know those MD
crabcakes are to die for.  I remember them well!

On 8/21/07, james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> 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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> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>> "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
> >>
> >> "All that we are is a result of what we have thought."  -  Buddha
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> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
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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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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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