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Post by luv2bird on Feb 19, 2015 7:57:28 GMT -5
Love that pic. of the mockingbird, Barb, he looks very content and happy.
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Post by BarbK on Feb 19, 2015 13:17:49 GMT -5
luv2, it's so rewarding to see him all the time. As I mentioned, it is extremely rare for me to see one and then it's only momentarily, and he's off. Why is this one staying? I only started the fruit yesterday and he's been here for at least 5 days. Just moments ago he took a grape from the feeder and brought it to the Holly tree.
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Post by hazelrunmama on Feb 19, 2015 17:07:05 GMT -5
He knew you were a soft touch--if he just stuck around looking cold and hungry, you were sure to get him something good!
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Post by BarbK on Feb 19, 2015 19:29:32 GMT -5
That could be the reason, Hazel. Maybe he's the same one I put fruit out for a few years back and he remembered???
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Post by downylover on Feb 20, 2015 20:11:05 GMT -5
I think they do remember. My sister's flies down when she opens the door. In this really cold weather he sits there. She says he knows she will see him cold and bring him worms (she does and now so does my BIL). In the nice weather when there is a lot of natural food she won't see him for weeks and then suddenly he'll return.
I know they are in the same family as catbirds and look at how they are able to remember. They return to the same yard/area every year.
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Post by BarbK on Feb 21, 2015 10:15:56 GMT -5
That's so interesting about your sister's birds returning. Forgot they were related to the catbirds, too. We love seeing them, too. Our Carolina Wren has returned, too. I'm pretty sure he's the same one.
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Post by hazelrunmama on Feb 21, 2015 16:36:43 GMT -5
They have us so well-trained! LOL
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Post by BarbK on Feb 21, 2015 17:03:33 GMT -5
You're so right, Hazel. Snowing like mad here, and immediately I'm worried about my feathered friends. When it snows, I put seed out on the back stairs to my porch and sliding doors. It's a little protected there. The feeders are loaded with snow. So, I'm well trained in "snow feeding."
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Post by naturelover on Feb 23, 2015 11:51:11 GMT -5
Well here's a strange one; as I'm reading this post I glanced outside & .... a mockingbird on my feeder! He usually just comes for a drink & a bath, but he ate beneath the feeders for a while, maybe some dropped seed or suet crumbles? Shouldn't be anything else there.
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Post by hazelrunmama on Feb 23, 2015 12:24:14 GMT -5
Very cool, Marilyn!! He looks really cold in that first pic next to the suet feeder!
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Post by naturelover on Feb 23, 2015 18:37:36 GMT -5
I was thinking the same about his fluffiness!
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Post by luv2bird on Feb 23, 2015 18:40:42 GMT -5
Well here's a strange one; as I'm reading this post I glanced outside & .... a mockingbird on my feeder! He usually just comes for a drink & a bath, but he ate beneath the feeders for a while, maybe some dropped seed or suet crumbles? Shouldn't be anything else there.
Love the pics., Marilyn, that is a real treat to have a Mockingbird.
l2b
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Post by BarbK on Feb 23, 2015 19:42:45 GMT -5
Marilyn, glad you got yourself a Mockingbird. My guy is eating up a storm, loving the jelly, oranges, and grapes I put out. He's here over a week now. I hope he stays forever.
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Feb 23, 2015 22:14:50 GMT -5
Yay! Glad the Mockingbird came by. He does look cold in the first picture.
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Post by naturelover on Feb 25, 2015 9:02:19 GMT -5
Mockingbirds are pretty common here in the neighborhood but generally stay on the lower road with flatter and more open land. I'm always happy to have one, and that's all I generally get, come to the bird bath or occasionally suet. I've never seen him at my holly berries.
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