Here are some photos taken Friday thru the window at my office of my resident "work" mockingbird. (I also have a "home" mockingbird.)
Northern Mockingbird, hiding in plain sight
"If I can't see you, then you can't see me."
"I will deign to look at you now."
"Ah, peanuts. I enjoy peanuts.These are all mine"
Hey, there! Mockingbirds don't eat seeds.
"We don't? Well, it is cold and icy and it has been all week.I will eat whatever I care to."
"And you can't stop me."
"Mine. All mine."
"I will even perch on this tray andeat from your tube feeder if I want to."
"Told you it was all mine."Despite his best efforts, a few other birds made it to the feeders on Friday:
Song Sparrow
House Finch
Carolina ChickadeeThe Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch and Tufted Titmouse refused to pose for pictures.
5 comments:
You have a "work" mockingbird AND a "home" mockingbird? I don't have one at all. T'aint fair.
Very nice photographs.
The first winter I was in my house I had a mockingbird take up residence on my deck in November and not allow ANY other birds into the yard all winter. I was pretty aggravated as I wanted to see more than just ONE bird; we had quite the feud going on where I would go out and chase him off, he would come back, etc...given that I had a job and a life and he had nothing better to do, he won and I finally gave up. I called him Mr Wilson after Dennis the Menace's neighbor because he was so damn possessive of "his" yard. He must have gone on ebird and found a girlfriend, because he finally disappeared and made only the occasional appearance and eventually his reign of terror was over (of course, for some reason when he was gone I actually WORRIED that something had happened to him). Now I see them occasionally but the current one (s?) seem content to share.
I watched one of my resident Mockingbirds wear itself out last spring chasing every bird away from every feeder (10 of them) for weeks on end. Of course, I laughed a lot but I felt the urge to sit that Mocker down and have a talk about sharing.
LOL!
The book I'm reading on birdsong says that mockingbirds (and nightingales) never stop learning new songs and snippets. Smart birds!
You know, I was wondering about a Robin I saw perched on the tree out in our pasture.
Nowhere near our feeders in the back, which only held offerings of suet and seeds--but what DO they Eat???
(when every berry is under ice!)
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