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

[creinsch]

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 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

>

> *From:* Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> *On 

> Behalf Of *Alan Roedell

> *Sent:* Sunday, August 14, 2022 11:38 AM

> *To:* creinsch <creinsch at comcast.net>

> *Cc:* tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> *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> 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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