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More hummingbird lore

Osprey - 1-15-2012 at 10:58 AM

Since some of you were put off by my eating hummingbird livers, may I remind you that a form of sympathetic magic, eating parts of animals to steal or borrow their strength, prowess and cunning has been around since the first homo sapiens sapiens.

I chose the hummingbird livers over the heart because there was a little more meat but my goal was to use their magic to fly like the magnificent kiwi.

I called my brother in Florida the other day, the subject came up and he told me a family secret. When I was just a tot, our family lived on a ranchette and grew some of our own food including chickens. One day, when my mom was distracted by a disturbance in the henhouse, I was left alone to fend for myself in the barnyard.

By the time she gathered me up to take me back in the house I had eaten more than a cup of that part of the chicken that is discarded by the animal because its power has been exhausted.

Well, maybe the whole idea is bogus -- I mean, there are probably vegetarian matadors.

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vandenberg - 1-15-2012 at 11:44 AM

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Originally posted by Osprey
By the time she gathered me up to take me back in the house I had eaten more than a cup of that part of the chicken that is discarded by the animal because its power has been exhausted.




You're talking eggs of course?

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

KaceyJ - 1-15-2012 at 06:27 PM

I think this yarn would have been a little more believable if you had said your mother left you to play in the bull pen.:lol:

Marc - 1-15-2012 at 07:41 PM

I spent a weekend at the Asa Wright Center in Trinidad a few years back; a world class bird watching retreat in the mountains above Port O Spain.

Hummingbird feeders were everywhere on the veranda. The little buggers would double team a feeder that was being guarded by another to get a drink. This went on all day.

We bribed a ranger to take us to the Oil Bird cave, which was out of season for tourists at that time.

Since we were not Birders my buddy and I we were quite bored with the whole scene until we spotted a pair of Double Breasted Mattress Thrashers that flew in all the way from Italy. That was just amazing!!

greengoes - 1-15-2012 at 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by Marc
I spent a weekend at the Asa Wright Center in Trinidad a few years back; a world class bird watching retreat in the mountains above Port O Spain.

Since we were not Birders my buddy and I we were quite bored with the whole scene until we spotted a pair of Double Breasted Mattress Thrashers that flew in all the way from Italy. That was just amazing!!



Skipjack Joe - 1-15-2012 at 10:51 PM

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Originally posted by Osprey

By the time she gathered me up to take me back in the house I had eaten more than a cup of that part of the chicken that is discarded by the animal because its power has been exhausted.


On that note I wanted to share a smililar tale, Jorge.

It's seems that by puberty my dad had grown impatient with the budding moustache. It just wasn't coming out as fast as he wanted. Shaving meant maturity.

So he asked grandad for advice and got the following.

Get the refuse of a chicken, separate the lip from the gums, and rub your finger vigorously along the entire surface. By applying it to the very roots of the budding hairs you could facilitate growth. I suppose it was like applying good fertilizer to the roots of a plant.

Dad was full of stories ... every dad is.

Iflyfish - 1-16-2012 at 06:59 PM

That explains a lot, a whole lot.....been full of it since?

Iflyfish

Skipjack Joe - 1-16-2012 at 08:55 PM

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Originally posted by Iflyfish
That explains a lot, a whole lot.....been full of it since?

Iflyfish


Jorge, as I see it, likes to get his point across through fiction. I am now reading Humphreyville's book and it just couldn't be more different. Both about baja, but very far apart.

Osprey - 1-17-2012 at 09:01 AM

Mike's incredibly kind and caring nature was the construct of all his words, his stories. He wanted the reader to see and feel what Huxley called "The bush at the bottom of the garden". He could tell us about it because he took the time to examine each bird's egg, shell, wavelet because he recognized the importance of the tiny, essential elements of this marvelous place.

I chase the reader through the garden with a whip so he can feel the underside of the place -- nothing kindly about my approach Skip.

Oso - 1-17-2012 at 01:54 PM

Little Old Lady customer at lunch counter: "I just don't know what I want to eat."

Server: "Well we have a special on tongue sandwiches."

LOLC: "Oh no. I could never eat anything that came out of an animall's mouth!"

Server: "Well, how about some scrambled eggs?"

BajaBlanca - 1-17-2012 at 04:32 PM

:o

Howard - 1-17-2012 at 04:35 PM

Isn't the Hummingbird the only bird that can fly backwards?

Skipjack Joe - 1-17-2012 at 07:37 PM

Well, after some internet research I found that there is one other bird that flies backwards -

The Cuckoo.

Back into the clock.

Howard - 1-17-2012 at 08:07 PM

:biggrin:

encanto - 1-17-2012 at 10:36 PM

A friend from Idaho told me hummingbirds have been known to migrate south on the backs of canada geese???

Bob H - 1-17-2012 at 11:18 PM

Has anyone experienced an Albino Hummingbird.... beautiful.

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