Mockingbird

Chadeaux · Jul 23, 2017

After mowing yesterday, this little guy kept hanging around ... even tried his hand on the mower and grabbed a snack.

AlienLifeForm · Jul 23, 2017

Mean birds, ive been divebombed by those suckers more times than I can count. The original "Angry Birds" :laughing9:

worldtalker · Jul 24, 2017

There was one around here that would repeat ANY whistle noise I made,had to repeat it several times though.

GOD Bless

Chris

Tpmetal · Jul 24, 2017

Smart birds. toss it some cherries or something and you might make a new friend.

Chadeaux · Jul 24, 2017

worldtalker said:
There was one around here that would repeat ANY whistle noise I made,had to repeat it several times though.

GOD Bless

Chris

Last evening my wife was sitting with me on the back porch and said "Watch this ... shhh".

She started whistling a simple tune over and over. This same mockingbird just kept coming closer and closer. Kept turning his head trying to pick up the tune.

Sometimes my wife will sit on the back porch and play her guitar ... several birds will come sit in the tree and listen.

tamrock · Jul 24, 2017

No mocking birds around where I live.

BosnMate · Jul 24, 2017

Lots of mocking birds where I lived as a kid. Mom loved 'em. They were totally off limits for young boys with BB guns. Never see any around this part of Oregon.

Chadeaux · Jul 24, 2017

AlienLifeForm said:
Mean birds, ive been divebombed by those suckers more times than I can count. The original "Angry Birds"

Around here, that sounds more like a blue jay's behavior.

AlienLifeForm · Jul 25, 2017

Chadeaux said:
Around here, that sounds more like a blue jay's behavior.

They are pretty aggressive too. I have bird feeders hanging on the back fence and there was a cardinal sitting on the feeder, just eating seed and minding his own business when a blue jay flew in with both feet extended in front of him and punted that poor cardinal right off of the ledge.

Kurios1 · Jul 29, 2017

AlienLifeForm said:
They are pretty aggressive too. I have bird feeders hanging on the back fence and there was a cardinal sitting on the feeder, just eating seed and minding his own business when a blue jay flew in with both feet extended in front of him and punted that poor cardinal right off of the ledge.

Blue Jays are bullies.. Darn pretty birds but, they love picking on the smaller birds.