I wished it was legal to kill Mockingbirds. I hate those bastards. They’d attack my dogs and cats when I was a kid. And me too. Notorious next robbers too.
they say mockingbirds can since feelings in people. I had one that every time I opened the garage, he would come and sit on the powerline right above my head, did this for two years more times than not. Weird.
They’re pretty socialable. So are catbirds. I feed the catbirds orange halves and grape jelly on an oriole feeder. They’ll sit on the ground or in a bush waiting for me to toss the berries, then fly down and grab them. When the damn robins find out, they come in and start throwing their weight around, so I have to scatter the berries to give the catbirds a chance.
For some reason, maybe the ants that are attracted, downy woodpeckers go for that jelly too.
