I had a great cat, which used to catch birds and bring them into the house, through the doggie door, and let them go in the house. They were still alive and well while we tried to catch the bird to let him (or her) back outside. This was also true of chipmunks.
When I was a teenager we had a cat who was driven mad, I think, by a mockingbird. Misty would step out the kitchen door, look all around, and make a mad dash for the grape arbor before the mockingbird would swoop out of the apple tree and attack him. It was a good day when he made it without getting clipped on the head.
Mockingbirds defend their nests, even unto the third and fourth generation.
I once heard a cardinal singing its territorial call, so I answered it. This resulted in a few exchanges of “no, its my territory”, until the cardinal’s call suddenly segued into a Woody Woodpecker laugh. A mockingbird was doing precisely what I was doing.
Lone male mockingbirds will sing at night trying to attract a mate. One took up right outside our bedroom, so at midnight one night my husband opened the window and sang it a tune. It stopped, listening intently—and then sang it back to him!
Saucy1121: Catbird, mockingbird, and brown thrasher are closely related, but different species. Catbird is solid gray, mockingbird is gray with white bars on the wings, brown thrasher has mockingbirds markings but in shades of brown.
Varnes almost 9 years ago
Yeah because he can’t catch them and eat them if they don’t come near him……..
LuvThemPluggers almost 9 years ago
You just don’t count anymore, if the mockingbirds refuse to acknowledge your existence.
GR6 almost 9 years ago
Change “the mockingbirds” to “younger women” and “harass” to “notice”.
bachinsure almost 9 years ago
My wife will take up the slack.
AliCom almost 9 years ago
I know how Ludwig feels. We have a robin that has been ‘harassing’ my car and ‘sh_tting’ on it since the begining of Spring.
Mneedle almost 9 years ago
I had a great cat, which used to catch birds and bring them into the house, through the doggie door, and let them go in the house. They were still alive and well while we tried to catch the bird to let him (or her) back outside. This was also true of chipmunks.
ARLOS DAD almost 9 years ago
He’s no challenge anymore….
Dani Rice almost 9 years ago
When I was a teenager we had a cat who was driven mad, I think, by a mockingbird. Misty would step out the kitchen door, look all around, and make a mad dash for the grape arbor before the mockingbird would swoop out of the apple tree and attack him. It was a good day when he made it without getting clipped on the head.
hippogriff almost 9 years ago
Mockingbirds defend their nests, even unto the third and fourth generation.
I once heard a cardinal singing its territorial call, so I answered it. This resulted in a few exchanges of “no, its my territory”, until the cardinal’s call suddenly segued into a Woody Woodpecker laugh. A mockingbird was doing precisely what I was doing.
amaryllis2 Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Lone male mockingbirds will sing at night trying to attract a mate. One took up right outside our bedroom, so at midnight one night my husband opened the window and sang it a tune. It stopped, listening intently—and then sang it back to him!
hippogriff almost 9 years ago
Saucy1121: Catbird, mockingbird, and brown thrasher are closely related, but different species. Catbird is solid gray, mockingbird is gray with white bars on the wings, brown thrasher has mockingbirds markings but in shades of brown.