"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:yUZxg.84299$ZW3.61152@dukeread04...
It could as easily been a mid air collision with a hawk's
landing gear. Two years is a long time for a wild bird,
most live a single season and breed once.

If your accuracy above is typical of your aviation related posts,
your credibility is sagging badly. Do you check things before you make broad
statements like that?

Here's a short list of a few North American wild birds:

Species Common Age
Number Name Yrs-Mos

3930 Hairy Woodpecker 15-11
3940 Downy Woodpecker 11-11
3950 Red-cockaded Woodpecker 16-01
3960 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 4-06
4020 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6-09
4040 Williamson's Sapsucker 4-00
4050 Pileated Woodpecker 12-11
4060 Red-headed Woodpecker 9-11
4070 Acorn Woodpecker 9-06
4090 Red-bellied Woodpecker 12-01


You can find more at:
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/longvlst.htm

The mated pair of Mockingbirds nesting in my acacia are back for their
eighth year.

The Artic Tern has an average life span exceeding thirty years.