N.Y. Woodpecker Thinks Reflection Is Enemy

May 27, 1:18 PM (ET)
SULLIVAN, N.Y. (AP) - Car owners around town are covering their mirrors in
an attempt to outsmart a woodpecker who apparently thinks his reflection is
an enemy.
Tim Taylor, who owns Thruway Auto Glass, said he replaced 30 smashed mirrors
last year and 18 this year because of the bird, which has claimed this area
east of Syracuse as his territory.
"People come in pretty mad. One guy's been in here three times already
because he keeps forgetting to cover up the mirrors," Taylor said.
During breeding season, male woodpeckers aggressively defend their turf,
even against imaginary foes, said bird-watcher Benjamin Burtt.
Anne Miller has had two mirrors on her Pontiac Grand Prix smashed and
watched the bird attack her neighbor's Malibu.
"I told him to shoo. He did. Then he came right back and finished the job,"
she said. "Instead of flying off, he walked across the windshield and did
the passenger mirror. I was flabbergasted."


00 caren
http://www.parkgallery.org
still not at wenas
--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 2005.05.27