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Arkansas Granny

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8. I love mockingbirds. The ones at my house have learned the sound made when I take the lid

Reply to HeartsCanHope (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 04:59 PM

Jul 2024

off of the container where I store the fruit and nut mix. When they hear it they fly in and sit in the bushes while I fill the feeders.

One morning I was on the porch with my coffee before I filled the feeders. One of the mockingbirds came up at sat on the porch rail in front of me, so I got up and filled the feeders.

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It's official. The mockingbirds have 4 nestlings in the bush outside my window. [View all] Arkansas Granny Jul 2024 OP

Awwww blm Jul 2024 #1

How exciting! Diamond_Dog Jul 2024 #2

The parent birds have been making countless trips back and forth for several days now. Staying very busy. Arkansas Granny Jul 2024 #3

Neat! Hopefully Mom and Dad will raise them to full size, get them out of the nest aok, and flying aok. SWBTATTReg Jul 2024 #4

This is at work in a light industrial area. No cats around, Arkansas Granny Jul 2024 #7

Even better! A relatively safe area...maybe that is why Momma and Dad bird decided on this area to raise them... SWBTATTReg Jul 2024 #9

Those mockingbirds are fearless! HeartsCanHope Jul 2024 #5

I love mockingbirds. The ones at my house have learned the sound made when I take the lid Arkansas Granny Jul 2024 #8

They have you trained Arkansas Granny! HeartsCanHope Jul 2024 #10

cool. AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #6