On (25 Apr 97) Linda Taylor wrote to Jim Venedam...
 LT> The jays usually don't come down this far south if they come at
  all.  Most jays stay north in the winter.  Though we've been seeing
  a lot more birds that usually stay north down here the last few years. 
It's funny, how one neighborhood will have birds that you won't
see in others. My cousin is about a mile away and she gets a lot
of red winged blackbirds. I've never seen one here. I get a lot 
of sparrows and she hardly ever sees a small bird. I have a few 
doves, but my mother, 3 miles away, has about 6-7 at a time.
We both have bluejays, and there are a lot of cardinals around.
I think there are more egrets this year than last.
 LT> We have a surplus of red headed woodpeckers in our area.  
     The birds tend to use the metal street lights to clean
     out their beaks.  Odd indeed to see a woodpecker pecking
     on the metal street lamp.
Ah.... So that's why they do it? I thought they might be 
hearing electricity inside the housing. There's one that used 
to hang out on the lamp outside my computer room window.
There's a big queen palm out there too. Just saw one out there 
yesterday. He was my first one this year.
Jimvee 
 
... Mindless ramblings brought to you courtesy of a lack of caffeine.
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