Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ames!skipper!shafer From: shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer (OFV)) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: How about a home in MY backyard... Message-ID: Date: 2 Mar 90 20:23:11 GMT References: <184.25ee52e4@sleepy.bmd.trw.com> Sender: shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal. Lines: 16 In-reply-to: tjarc@sleepy.bmd.trw.com's message of 2 Mar 90 18:02:57 GMT Well, I live in a standard Southern California tract--1/4 acre lots, block walls, etc. For the third straight year we have ravens nesting in our backyard, hummingbirds in the atrium, and mourning doves in the front yard. The mockingbirds are in the neighbors' yards. The ravens are fascinating, since it takes a lot of training to be a predator. Why do mourning doves sit in the _middle_ of the street? They don't move until you're about 5 ft from them. -- Mary Shafer shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov or ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA Of course I don't speak for NASA