At 09:07 AM 8/24/1998 -0700, Mike wrote:
>Maureen,
>
>We moved into our house in Normandy Park three years ago. The first year
>we counted 9 birds, a year later the tally was 13 and this summer we've had
>as many as 20 in the woods behind our house.
>
Want some of mine too? I have the buggers year round and finally had to
move the feeder. They decend in enormous flocks and gobble up 3 pounds of
seed in no time flat. Then they sit around the tree and poop on the outdoor
furniture. Charming birds!

Nice vocalization, though.

Peggi
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Pacific Grove, CA (right next to Monterey)
USA
woodduck at mbay.net or peggi.rodgers at noaa.gov
http://www.mbay.net/~woodduck/



"A bird does not sing because it has an answer,
It sings because it has a song"