[Tweeters] early Rufous Hummingbirds, Tom Lamb, Dixie,

[jstewart at olympus.net]

Good enough,

J

 

Jan Stewart

922 E Spruce Street

Sequim, WA  98382-3518

jstewart at olympus.net

 

From: John Seiferth <john.seiferth at icloud.com> 
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2022 1:21 PM
To: creinsch <creinsch at comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] early Rufous Hummingbirds, Tom Lamb, Dixie,

 

Not claiming this is the correct joke, but it’s good nonetheless…

 

A seaman meets a pirate in a port, and talk turns to their adventures on the sea. The seaman notes that the pirate has a peg leg, a hook, and an eye patch. The seaman asks, "So, how did you end up with the peg leg?"

The pirate replies, "Aye, matey, we was in a storm at sea, and I was swept overboard into a school of sharks. Just as me men were pulling me out, a shark bit me leg off."

"Wow!" said the seaman. "What about your hook?"

"Well," replied the pirate, "We were boarding an enemy ship and were battling the other sailors with swords. One of the enemy cut my hand off."

"Incredible!" remarked the seaman. "How did you get the eye patch?"

"A sea-gull dropping fell into me eye," replied the pirate.

"You lost your eye to a sea-gull dropping?" the sailor asked incredulously.

"Not exactly," said the pirate. "It was me first day with the hook."

 





On Aug 14, 2022, at 13:15, creinsch <creinsch at comcast.net <mailto:creinsch at comcast.net> > wrote:

 

Unfortunately neither my spouse or I have accurate/complete memories of the tale, but the sailor was missing an eye, an arm and a leg for looking when he shouldn't have.  So now we are haunted by joke we cannot recall.  Thanks a lot Tom.

On 8/14/2022 12:56 PM, jstewart at olympus.net <mailto:jstewart at olympus.net>  wrote:

I suppose it has something to do with poop; but, what is the answer?

 

Wings,

Jan

 

Jan Stewart

922 E Spruce Street

Sequim, WA  98382-3518

jstewart at olympus.net <mailto:jstewart at olympus.net> 

 

From: Tweeters  <mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Alan Roedell
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2022 11:38 AM
To: creinsch  <mailto:creinsch at comcast.net> <creinsch at comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] early Rufous Hummingbirds, Tom Lamb, Dixie,

 

No, why shouldn't a sailor look up at the sky?

Alan, Seattle 

 

On Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 5:07 PM creinsch <creinsch at comcast.net <mailto:creinsch at comcast.net> > wrote:

For the last 22 years we have had only occasional Rufous in the yard: 
one or two in late March, and maybe three or four in August.  None 
stayed for more than a day.

This year has been very different, and we are unsure why.  There were 
several immature Rufous in June, and then on August 1st three arrived 
and stayed for a little over four days. The fighting with the Anna's was 
ferocious, and the Anna's eventually went into hiding.  Since then at 
least one Rufous appears every couple of days, and the fighting 
(bickering) resumes.

Are the weather/climate and fires up North accelerating the migration?  
I have wondered for sometime if some Rufous are completing their 
Northern migration here, and the immature are actually fledging here.  
Is there any evidence of that?

And I have a question for anyone who remembers Tom Lamb of Dixie (NE of 
Walla Walla):  Tom had house low in the foothills, where over the years 
he had assembled something like 65 hummingbird feeders around his 
property.  During Spring and Fall migrations the place was crazy with 
Rufous, Black Chinned, and Calliope, with lots of noise from the 
quarreling birds and visitors having close-up encounters.  Tom passed 
away in 2014.

The question: Does anyone here remember Tom's joke about why a sailor 
should not look up (toward the sky)?

Chuck Reinsch
Magnolia, Seattle



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