I made friends with the Devil

[DigIron2]

This Mocking bird has been coming around for awhile now, and I have been referring to him as the 'Devil' because it is mean and chases away all other birds, it even trys to run off the squirrels.I took tnet member ivan salis's advice and got some meal worms, and sure enough it worked.At first i could only get it to fly and take then from of my knee while sitting down,but now i got it to where it will fly on my hand to eat them, it will even sit there for awhile just looking at me.I thought it was kind of neat.I hope he sticks around now.Only problem is he about ate all the meal worms

 

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[OldJerseyGirl]

That is neat. They are territorial for sure. The little Chickadees will come to hand for sunflower seeds for me.

 

[DigIron2]

That is neat. They are territorial for sure. The little Chickadees will come to hand for sunflower seeds for me.

Thanks,I thought it was pretty cool.It is a first for me!I need to get some more meal worms.I am thinking about digging some ground worms and see what he thinks ofum.

 

[Peyton Manning]

next time try having him take them from your tongue!!

 

[worldtalker]

I see one around here lately,they are pretty cool critters,I used to whistle a tune to one long ago....danged if he didn't whistle it back.

GOD Bless

Chris

 

[vpnavy]

Nice photographs! Thanks for sharing...

 

[texasred777]

I miss the mockingbirds up here in Idaho. Back in Texas, we had several around the 1 acre we lived on. They would 'dive bomb' our cat. One even tried to 'dive bomb' me one morning as I was walking out to the pickup. I carried a badminton racket with me for several days after that! The cat had it a lot easier after I built a roof over the front porch. We had at least two pairs of mockingbirds, 4 pairs of redbirds, and a couple of pairs of bluejays. They were around almost every year during the last 6 or 7 years I lived there. I lived there for about 24 years. Lots of rabbits, but only a few squirrels.

 

[DigIron2]

I see one around here lately,they are pretty cool critters,I used to whistle a tune to one long ago....danged if he didn't whistle it back.

GOD Bless

Chris

I heard that they will do that,It seems to like that show the Three's Company theme songThat is what I have been whistling to it.I haven't gotten it to do it back yet.

 

[DigIron2]

I miss the mockingbirds up here in Idaho. Back in Texas, we had several around the 1 acre we lived on. They would 'dive bomb' our cat. One even tried to 'dive bomb' me one morning as I was walking out to the pickup. I carried a badminton racket with me for several days after that! The cat had it a lot easier after I built a roof over the front porch. We had at least two pairs of mockingbirds, 4 pairs of redbirds, and a couple of pairs of bluejays. They were around almost every year during the last 6 or 7 years I lived there. I lived there for about 24 years. Lots of rabbits, but only a few squirrels.

I haven't seen to many of them around here.From what remember a long time ago some birds where bombing one of our cats,I remember thinking they where bluejays but they must have been mocking birds.You where carrying around a badminton racketI guess the racket is no good without a birdie

 

[worldtalker]

I heard that they will do that,It seems to like that show the Three's Company theme songThat is what I have been whistling to it.I haven't gotten it to do it back yet.

Keep at it,sooner or later you'll hear it,that is if the neighborhood cat doesn't get him.

 

[DigIron2]

I have been working with it every chance i get.That would be a shame if something got it.Really not too many cats around here anymore.One of mine went missing not to long ago.I don't know if some sadistic person is killing them around here or what?Will a Hawk get a cat?My uncle who lives next door,saw a red tail hawk come down and get one of his big roosters,and just yesterday he saw one swoop down and get a cardinal.

 

[worldtalker]

I have been working with it every chance i get.That would be a shame if something got it.Really not too many cats around here anymore.One of mine went missing not to long ago.I don't know if some sadistic person is killing them around here or what?Will a Hawk get a cat?My uncle who lives next door,saw a red tail hawk come down and get one of his big roosters,and just yesterday he saw one swoop down and get a cardinal.

Don't rule out coyote or fox.

 

[DigIron2]

very true!Not too many coyote's in this general area but they are around.Foxes on the other hand there are plenty of those.

 

[Peyton Manning]

then there are squatches to look out for

 

[Kevin in IN]

I like your new friend. Great horned owls will eat your cat. We had one turn our chihuahua into turds.

 

[texasred777]

Bite your tongue, Jeff! I like 'em. I have a chi/terrier mix. She's 13, I've had her about 11 and 1/2 of those years. You don't want to get on the wrong side of my and my chi! I'll send her after your ankles!

 

[fyrffytr1]

We had a mockingbird that mimicked my wife's cell phone ringtone. We would sit on the back porch in the evening and the bird would call out and my wife would start looking for her phone!