On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:16:38 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>On Jun 14, 1:44*pm, notbob > wrote:
>> On 2011-06-14, James Silverton > wrote:
>>
>> > takes him 20 or more thumps to get the point or perhaps knock himself
>> > even stupider.....BIRD BRAIN!
>>
>> Never seen one do it repeatedly, but when I worked in Silicon Valley
>> and became a "carpet commando", finally got a great corner window
>> cubicle. *All glass on two sides and birds would slam into the
>> spotless windows with fatal regularity. *Guess they saw it as a
>> straight shot. *It was so sad. *
>>
>> Lotsa birds, here, but nowhere near as much glass. *We've had a couple
>> hits, but none fatal. *Had a small owl knock itself silly on our bay
>> window. *I left it alone on our deck for awhile and, fortunately, it
>> regained it's senses and flew away, seemingly unimpaired. *
>>
>> The only real case of a bird brain was the woodpecker that decided our
>> aluminum tv antenna mast was a sapling. *Banged away on that thing fer
>> 2-3 weeks before finally giving up.
>>
>> nb
>
>Woodpeckers attack wood - or apparently anything that looks like a
>branch - because there are bugs in it. When they drum, the bugs come
>out. It's hard to figure what kind of bugs would be in your TV
>antenna that would make that behavior rewarding.... nutty birds. LOL.

WoodyPecker masturbation?