The fact is, I don't know whether he's mocking other birds or not, but I know that at least one of these little guys has found a home in a bush that sits at the back corner of my house, just outside my bedroom window. Last night, under a bright moon, he chose to serenade me with his vast repertoire of songs. My first instinct was to blame this little guy for my sleeplessness last night, but, truth be told, I don't think he was keeping me awake. I did listen to him for several minutes while I couldn't sleep anyway, but it really wasn't an unpleasant sound. I grew up in the woods, so animal sounds in the middle of the night are common place, but I don't recall the birds keeping me awake.
At least tonight, if I am again awake in the middle of the night, I will know what kind of bird is serenading me!
And, just so you know, I didn't take this picture (big surprise, huh?).
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It could be very entertaining -- crack the window and whistle and see if he copies you... :) I love birdsong.
Can you believe I didn't know what a mockingbird looks like!! I suppose I could have looked it up, but somehow just never have... so thanks - now I know! ;-)
We have one of these thats adopted our front porch. He doesn't like to be spied on and his walking around drives the dogs crazy.
We too, live in Ms. and have a yard full of these. We love the songs they sing for us.
We too are in Central Ms. We live in a tiny town called Lena. Actually, we live between Lena and Morton but our address is Lena. We moved here about 3 yrs. ago from Starkville. We are about 30 minutes from the Brandon/Resevoir area. We actually go to church some in Brandon/Resevoir.
This may be too much info. but do you mind me asking where. We lived in S'ville our whole lives and had a great group of likeminded friends and believers. However, we have visited so many around here and in the Brandon area. We have still not found the same thing we had at home and may never. We are where the Lord has us and are thankful for that.
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