[CentOS] scp -rp behavior

Hey all,

I'm trying to copy configuration files from my old CentOS 6.6 32 bit
machine to my new CentOS 6.6 64 bit machine.

On my 32 bit machine:

[mlapier at mushroom ~]$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:DB:E5:4E:9F
          inet addr:192.168.15.105

When I issue this command on my new 64 bit machine, 192.168.15.101:

scp -pr mlapier at 192.168.15.105: /home/mlapier/.thunderbird
/home/mlapier/.thunderbird

It copies all directories and files in 192.168.15.105: /home/mlapier/ to
192.168.15.101: /home/mlapier.  I don't want all that, I just want the
.thunderbird folder and all it's contents.

The user and group account numbers match on the two machines for this
user so that's not the issue.

When I RTFM this is what I thought it said to do.  I'm I misreading the
FM or is something weird going on here?

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