Interesting point. Now that you mention it, we did have far fewer nuts in 
general
this past fall. Our woods are a mix of poplar, oak, and hickory, and in past
years we've had many nuts on the ground, but last fall was rather "tidy."

At 12:57 PM 3/15/2005, you wrote:
>MD Osprey:
>
>I haven't seen anyone mention this, but isn't the lack of Blue Jays a 
>local phenomena that's related to a lack of acorn production?
>
>Phil

--Pat

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More than any other thing that pertains to the body
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