Bird Watching: Mockingbird, finally., 0 by lilyfantn

lilyfantn wrote:
I find them real easy to get close to around here in Tn. too. But maybe the ones in Texas are a little more spookable. When the weather is good I tend to spend a lot of time outside gardening and maybe they just get used to me. It also may be that their "ownership" of all the good food sources in the yard is stronger than their fear of me lol.

Your photos are wonderful Trois. I love all the detail you can see in the feathers.

Last spring I spent a lot of time sitting on the ground close to the hawthorn tree that this mockingbird was real busy "owning", ie. chasing every other bird away from. After a few hours this bird actually seemed interested in what I was doing. As I was digging and working the soil, I would throw away from the garden any slug or grub I ran across. It didn't take long for this mockingbird to learn that me being outside was actually a good thing lol. Here are a few photos taken from that time. Don't you love the thorns in this tree?!!!



This message was edited Jan 8, 2007 7:11 PM