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Author Topic: A Mockingbird family has moved in!!! gardenfairy Dream Gardener Member # 10308 posted                       I have noticed over the past two weeks, two mockbirds (at least I think it's two birds) building a nest in my big cedar tree next to my porch!!! I have been outside the past week working in my flowerbeds and I have really enjoyed hearing them!! bbbbbbbbb Monica "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away." God gave us memories so we can have roses in the winter. Posts: 304 | From: Beaufort, SC | Registered: Jul 2006  |  Logged: 64.203.199.254 Deborah L. Garden Pro! Member # 8075 posted                       Lucky you ! I love mockingbirds-I get a free concert every night ! bbbbbbbbb Posts: 1772 | From: Southern California, USA | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Logged: 207.200.116.8 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       I have two mockingbirds also. They have lived in my yard for about four years now. bbbbbbbbb A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Posts: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Logged: 74.249.209.130 Wrennie Garden Pro! Member # 8750 posted                       Cool! bbbbbbbbb Summer Camp '07, July 14th weekend, won't you join us? summer camp thread 1, 2, 3,4 Posts: 7588 | From: Phoenicia, NY | Registered: Apr 2006  |  Logged: 66.217.178.78 gardenfairy Dream Gardener Member # 10308 posted                       They are too funny, yesterday I was in the flower bed right behind the tree and one flew down very close to me and just looked at me "like, Hey what are you doing?"!! bbbbbbbbb Monica "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away." God gave us memories so we can have roses in the winter. Posts: 304 | From: Beaufort, SC | Registered: Jul 2006  |  Logged: 64.203.199.254 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       Ahh, he was looking for a snack maybe? Try putting out some apple slices, grapes, orange slices, or a bowl of grape jelly near where you see them, on a flat surface like an old table top or wooden platform and see what happens. Mockingbirds are omnivorous. They eat anything and everything but Especially love fruit and suet. bbbbbbbbb A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Posts: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Logged: 74.249.209.130 gardenfairy Dream Gardener Member # 10308 posted                       I will have to do that, I have to put some kind of small table near there, I could put it on my front porch, do you think they would go there? I also hung my hummingbird feeders up today!! bbbbbbbbb Monica "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away." God gave us memories so we can have roses in the winter. Posts: 304 | From: Beaufort, SC | Registered: Jul 2006  |  Logged: 64.203.199.254 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       Good for you! The Hummingbirds are here and are moving north at the rate of about 10 miles a day. Try putting the table on your front porch where they can see it and put a bunch of apple slices on it. That should bring the Mockers a'runnin'. bbbbbbbbb A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Posts: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Logged: 74.249.209.130 patches1414 Garden Pro! Member # 7979 posted                       Oh, I love the Mockingbirds and I have two that stay around here all year. I live next to a church and they can hear the organ, so they have developed quite a repertoire that keeps me really entertained throughout the spring, summer and fall. It's wonderful! bbbbbbbbb "Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus' name. Amen!" Posts: 6492 | From: Illinois | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Logged: 199.217.139.130 MLN Dream Gardener Member # 11611 posted                       I love to feed as many kinds of birds as I can but have never been able to feed the mockingbirds. Every time I put out fruit for all the fruit-loving birds, the fireants find it Has anyone figured out a way to outsmart the pesky little devils? I just hate fireants. bbbbbbbbb Nature Lover Posts: 334 | From: Vicksburg, Mississippi | Registered: Jan 2007  |  Logged: 70.152.78.166 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       When I used to go to my grandparents house in southern Louisiana each summer, I quickly learned that the tall towers and mounds of sand in their yard was NOT meant to play in. One time is ALL it takes. I still get hives thinking about it! bbbbbbbbb A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Posts: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Logged: 74.249.209.130 kennyso Garden Pro! Member # 9225 posted                       bbbbbbbbb Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth My Website My Blog Posts: 1697 | From: Ontario, Canada | Registered: May 2006  |  Logged: 74.121.105.174

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