Ann, that's a very interesting article...thanks for finding it! I DO wonder about the "cattle, horses, bison, and lawn mowers" areas that they are said to prefer, since I have none of those! But neighbors have lawn mowers and at least one family has horses. Then there's a very large parcel of land near the subdivision (formerly a ranch) that's been for sale for quite a while after a developer was prevented from putting houses with relatively small lots on it.
Love the woodpeckers and bluejays, Lin. The grackles are fine-looking birds.. not birds I want around here, but that's just because I used to live in the city, and they can be a problem there.
