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Re: Hummingbirds on the menu

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Jay K

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Jay K

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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:41:02 -0400

The article may be referring to the Old World niche counterparts of the hummers, birds of the family Nectariniidae (Sunbirds).  They are known to hover like hummers while feeding on nectar.  Just a thought...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nectariniidae

As for eating them, to each his own!

Jay Keller,
Arlington, VA



-----Original Message-----
>From: Les Eastman <>
>Sent: Aug 21, 2007 9:22 PM
>To: 
>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Hummingbirds on the menu
>
>JAMES WILSON wrote:
>
>>    "He worked as a mechanic in Stockton and hadn't picked them 
>> [mushrooms] since he was a boy in Cambodia.  He used to roast them in 
>> the woods with the hummingbirds he killed with his slingshot."
>
>If he was a boy in Cambodia, he wasn't killing hummingbirds. Hummingbirds
>are New World species (North and South America).
>
>Going along with the subject, my sister-in-law makes a "Hummingbird Cake."
>I am afraid to ask how many hummingbirds she uses to make it. :)
>
>Les
>
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>Les Eastman
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>Havre de Grace, MD
>
>The eagle looked down on the river below
>And he wrapped his wings round him and he fell like a stone
>And the big salmon fought but the talons held true
>And he shuddered as the world turned from silver to blue
>                               Steve Earle