I have always wondered if Harper Lee read The Old Man and the Boy.

We watched that film in school John, I was not, and am not smart enough to 'get" it.

Young Ruark kills the mockingbird that Miss Lottie enjoyed hearing. The Old Man fries his ass and breaks his air rifle to impress upon him the ugliness of killing an innocent thing for no reason.

Never have shot a Mockingbird, may be guilty of others when I was young.

Hate mockingbirds. Nest robbers and they used to chase my dogs and cats.

Never cared much for the Movie, either.

I’ve been chased many times by mockingbirds when I got too close to a chick that had fallen from the nest. I never shot one ‘cause it’s the state bird and I figured sure as shootin’ a cop would catch me. 😮

State Bird of TX too.

I respect their chutzpah. Watching one run off an adult Red-tail is a lesson,

And crows.

They are territorial and I really enjoy their music. There’s one nesting just outside my front door in Live Oak tree. Cold or hot she sings every morning.

My favorite book and movie. Gregory Peck is my favorite actor as well.

It's fun to watch crows put a whoopin' on a bald eagle.
More often than not, you see a bald eagle out here, there's a pack of crows in hot pursuit.

That sure was not the case with crows and Golden Eagles up in the high country. Crows could not handle them. The Goldens tended to hunt in pairs, but not always close together. If several crows were up and moving, one Golden would fly in and get their interest - the crows might mess with one - but once they were concentrated a bit, the other Golden would come in hard and take at least one, maybe two, crows out of the air - and the first Golden would get at least one as well. Then, they would land and have dinner. Something interesting to see.

The book and movie were both virtue signalling landmarks.


Thanks for weighing, Oregon.

Sheesh...

Find an exterminator for your own backyard.

For years, there used to be a Mockingbird that would sit on the neighbor's TV antenna and sing in the half-hour before my alarm would go off for school. I used to lie in bed plotting its demise. I got the bright idea of asking for a pellet gun from my folks, but then let on what I wanted to do with it.

Finally, I get into high school and they make me read To Kill a Mockingbird. I thought I was going to get some tips. What a big disappointment!

I still hate mockingbirds.

it was 'woke' garbage before it's time. A useless bit of drivel, and it is hilarious that the left bans the book these days.

Lots of Mockingbirds hang around here. They have a ready food source with all the chili tepins I have growing here. They are candy to mockingbirds !!!

Ruarks Old Man didn't have those little ba$tard$ ruining his peaches. He should have bought Robert another can of pellets.

Robert Duvall got his start in "To Kill a Mockingbird". It was one of our most iconic films. It has been banned by the leftist woke mob of idiots now destroying education. Gregory Peck gave a great performance.

The woke Libs have banned To Kill a Mockingbird? The Libs are insane.

Had one used to sit outside the kitchen window that learned to mock our telephone.Damn bird would have everyone in the house running to answer the phone.