Look up quail, pheasants, and ask your local state office
about how many birds die each year and what a breeding
population is. Some birds may have the possibility of a
long life, but nature has a tendency for them to die in hot
weather, cold weather, or be eaten by cats, dogs, other
birds, snakes, and even a few humans.

BTW, Woddy Woodpecker has been around more than 60 years,
but so has Superman.


No, I don't check things beyond my recollection of common
facts.


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"Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com wrote in message
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| "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.
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|