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  1. This mockingbird was kind enough to pose for me today but patience started to wear thin. #Birds #Photography #BirdPhotos #Mockingbirds

  2. #Mockingbirds don’t visit the backyard feeders, they prefer to hunt for live food, but they are always around. This is a parent with a freshly caught treat for its open-mouthed fledgling, which it proceeded to pass over to it a few seconds after this photo.

    #MondaysAreForTheBirds #birds #photography #backyardbirds #BackyardWildlife #nature #circleoflife

  3. @Swede1952 Yeah. I find that the crows near me tend to look more confused than alarmed when the mockingbirds start divebombing them (not that I actually know what goes through their fine feathery heads, of course). The mockingbirds have to be really persistent! Usually the crows stick around for what they came for at the feeder; they just don't linger like they otherwise might.

    I primarily put the food out for the #crows; all the other birds are a fun bonus. The #mockingbirds are helpful in letting me know when to come to the window to watch, because I hear their alarm calls even when the crows are silent. I love how the birds teach me things by watching them.

  4. @Swede1952 These are some of my favorite outdoor neighbors! It's fun to watch them mob the #crows, even though I love the crows every bit as much. #Mockingbirds have chutzpah! And they're such good company in the wee hours. I can be up at 3am and wishing I wasn't, feeling tired and dragged out - and then I hear a mockingbird singing outside and I am reminded that the world is still a beautiful place, and life is a wondrous thing. And suddenly the wonder I feel is bigger and more important than the exhaustion.

  5. 05/16/2023 An Eagle was on top of the high-tension tower at Fiorenza Park. Almost everything the Eagle saw below was potential prey. The Eagle was an imposing apex predator atop the tower; looking down upon its domain. Then, this happened. At first, the Eagle seemed a bit perplexed. The Eagle tried to go back to looking majestic. But the Northern Mockingbird didn't allow that. Video at this link: rickubis.com/rick/eaglemock051 #eagles #mockingbirds #archosaurs #birds #urbanwildlife

  6. 05/16/2023 An Eagle was on top of the high-tension tower at Fiorenza Park. Almost everything the Eagle saw below was potential prey. The Eagle was an imposing apex predator atop the tower; looking down upon its domain. Then, this happened. At first, the Eagle seemed a bit perplexed. The Eagle tried to go back to looking majestic. But the Northern Mockingbird didn't allow that. Video at this link: rickubis.com/rick/eaglemock051 #eagles #mockingbirds #archosaurs #birds #urbanwildlife

  7. 05/16/2023 An Eagle was on top of the high-tension tower at Fiorenza Park. Almost everything the Eagle saw below was potential prey. The Eagle was an imposing apex predator atop the tower; looking down upon its domain. Then, this happened. At first, the Eagle seemed a bit perplexed. The Eagle tried to go back to looking majestic. But the Northern Mockingbird didn't allow that. Video at this link: rickubis.com/rick/eaglemock051 #eagles #mockingbirds #archosaurs #birds #urbanwildlife

  8. Anyone have any ways to chase away? Apparently they're also protected. Making me though

  9. @MadKane

    Ha. That haiku made me laugh.

    Law-Vultures circle,
    Held at bay by mocking caws,
    "Fixed in medium?"

    (With apologies for shamelessly blurring plagiarism and copyright, which I rush to note are not at all the same.)

    #Haiku #Senryu #Poem
    #DailyHaikuPrompt #BirdSong
    #MockingBirds #Copyright #Plagiarism #17USCode§102

  10. The surprising connection between a mockingbird’s song and Kendrick Lamar - New study explores how the mockingbird structures its song, using technique... - arstechnica.com/?p=1781239 #gaming&culture #bioacoustics #mockingbirds #neuroscience #science #music