The late Havilah Babcock wrote a story entitled "Jaybirds go to Hell on Fridays"-- same as a Bluejay? Our 7 acre yard, heavily wooded with shade trees, hosts: Robins (Our State bird), Cardinals, Bluejays, mourning Doves, black birds, both blackwing and redwing variations, grackles, starlings and an occasional crow.

I have my grandchildren believing that there are 3 species of the dove: morning doves, afternoon doves and evening doves. Some day they'll find out that their Grandfather was "putting them on"> No big deal, as Michigan will get a legal season on doves when Hillary gives hubby Slick Willy a "Lewinski" in Central Park at High Noon.

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..