Birders

MuseRider

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26. Good luck.

Fri May 17, 2013, 10:42 AM

May 2013

I am over the boarder from where you used to live. I am in Kansas and they are all over the place here. I have never seen one at my feeders. Maybe here they just have all they need? Everything else is at my feeder at one time or another.

Just a wonderful little mockingbird story for you. I have horses. My lead mare had a very easy, two syllable call name. One summer I had a mockingbird who hung around the barn and would call her in. She would run in and look around and then go back out kind of confused. Of course everyone else would follow her in or respond to the call. It was pretty funny until she started ignoring me. LOL.

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Attracting Mockingbirds [View all] TuxedoKat Oct 2012 OP

I have never tried to attract mockingbirds, Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #1

Thanks TuxedoKat Oct 2012 #2

I have many birds that just stop by once a year. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #3

Yes TuxedoKat Oct 2012 #4

I was born in McKeesport fadedrose Mar 2013 #17

My father was raised in the McKeesport area. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #18

Our mockingbird pair eats two things: suet and an apple cut in half that I impale on a nail. They're Nay Dec 2012 #5

Thanks TuxedoKat Dec 2012 #6

I have a couple suet baskets XemaSab Dec 2012 #7

I have 2 hanging suet baskets. nt Nay Dec 2012 #9

Is it possible that the wings on mockingbirds look blue during the early Spring? JDPriestly Mar 2013 #11

Once you do get mockingbirds, they may chase off other birds csziggy Dec 2012 #8

Sounds like TuxedoKat Dec 2012 #10

mocking is right locks Mar 2013 #12

They will attack, too Aerows Mar 2013 #14

I live in Mississippi Aerows Mar 2013 #13

I know TuxedoKat Mar 2013 #15

They have lovely songs Aerows May 2013 #19

I wonder if that is true of many birds TuxedoKat May 2013 #21

When I lived in Arlington fadedrose Mar 2013 #16

They reign here in MS Aerows May 2013 #20

Here in central Texas, they hop around our yard, looking for bugs. Paladin May 2013 #22

I read somewhere TuxedoKat May 2013 #23

Sounds like you're going to great lengths..... Paladin May 2013 #24

Yeah TuxedoKat May 2013 #25

Good luck. MuseRider May 2013 #26

I have a set that is roosting in my cherry tree. Aerows Jun 2013 #27