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To the FL Mockingbird outside my home office window...

denisemb — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 06:07:35 GMT

PLEASE find a girlfriend and get yourself a room!!!

Couldn't figure out what bird was making such a racket in the middle of the night the past week or so, changing up its tune every few minutes. Did a search and evidently it is mating season. Guess I'll have to come up with a name for him and wish him good luck.

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PamB226 — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 06:19:45 GMT

Yep! We had one of those obnoxious juveniles this year. Only had to go on the deck a couple of times to throw rocks at the tree......after that all I had to do was open the french doors and he'd take off.

He finally found a mate. I'm sure the females give in just to shut them up!!

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Kachina624 — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:32:02 GMT

Years ago at my office we had one that fell in love with a bird he saw in a car's side mirror. He spent the entire day wooing the birdie in the mirror. He must have been really sad when the car went home for the day.

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Azcowgirl — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:11:06 GMT

On 4/29/2014 kachina624 said: Years ago at my office we had one that fell in love with a bird he saw in a car's side mirror. He spent the entire day wooing the birdie in the mirror. He must have been really sad when the car went home for the day.

What a cute story (: I miss hearing them.For some reason they don't hang around my area...I remember how they are during mating season, singing like crazy non stop (:

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Desertdi — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 12:48:09 GMT

I have one outside my kitchen window.......and he comes back every year. Since I have floodlights outside, he thinks it's daylight all the time. I call him "Singing Bird".........(and I have no idea how he gets any sleep).

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Harpa — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:00:08 GMT

And I have one outside my home office (same one for a couple of years now). I love when he vocalizes!

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Judaline — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:31:16 GMT

How sweet. I love your stories.

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denisemb — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:22:02 GMT

On 4/29/2014 kachina624 said: Years ago at my office we had one that fell in love with a bird he saw in a car's side mirror. He spent the entire day wooing the birdie in the mirror. He must have been really sad when the car went home for the day.

Poor baby!

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JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:50:52 GMT

I wish one would visit here.

Just remember....It's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

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denisemb — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:23:57 GMT

On 4/29/2014 JeanLouiseFinch said:
I wish one would visit here.

Just remember....It's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

NOW I know why your screenname always sounded familiar but I couldn't place it! LOL Can I call you Scout for short?

Naw, I actually find him charming, and end up naming all the outdoor critters (except the snakes): Larry the lounge lizard (a big anole), Armie the armadillo...now I have to come up with an "M" name for Mr. Big Mouth Mockingbird. Hey! Maybe Mouth??

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JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:31:08 GMT

On 4/29/2014 denisemb said:
On 4/29/2014 JeanLouiseFinch said:
I wish one would visit here.

Just remember....It's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

NOW I know why your screenname always sounded familiar but I couldn't place it! LOL Can I call you Scout for short?

Naw, I actually find him charming, and end up naming all the outdoor critters (except the snakes): Larry the lounge lizard (a big anole), Armie the armadillo...now I have to come up with an "M" name for Mr. Big Mouth Mockingbird. Hey! Maybe Mouth??

LOL...sure you can. A few other members do.

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Feline Fine — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 04:32:10 GMT

Thanks for the photo of this cutie, Denise. Being a born nature and animal lover, I would love to have him around my home. 8)

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glmama — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:59:21 GMT

This made me smile, Denise-thanks!

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denisemb — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:22:41 GMT

Feline Fine: Picture was one I grabbed off the internet - not MY Mr. Big Mouth. They are cute!

Update: Mr. Big Mouth was quiet last night!! He either was thrown off by the new moon, tired himself out the last few nights, or got lucky. He's outside chirping, singing, chortling and cooing as I type this morning. I think he's in my neighbor's tree and I'm sure she doesn't find him nearly as charming as the tree is outside her bedroom window.

I'm totally entertained by how many different "calls" he has.

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Zhills — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:17:59 GMT

Mocking birds will sing during any night near a full moon. We have some that I'd love to shoot some nights! But they are so beautiful and love to hear them during the day. We get serenaded often.