Hiya.
I've been enjoying the conversations about all of the different birds
at the birdfeeders. Indeed, I have a dozen or so pine warblers, too.

Looking at this picture
(http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...u/wp_about/lib
/images/pettinggill.jpg&imgrefurl=http://birds.cornell.edu/wp_about/bi
ology.html&h=202&w=300&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dyellow%2Bbellied%2Bsapsucker
%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8) of a yellow
bellied sapsucker, I noticed the trunk he is sitting on. It is
covered with the same type of scars that I tried to describe years
ago! Is this caused by cicadas?

I hope everyone got a little breather out in the yard today.
Thanks,
Jeny