Mockingbird, you must stop. NOW!

The BBQ Pit
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The incessant chip! chip! chip! is bad enough, and dive-bombing the window to “warn” my cats makes you look really dumb, but now you’ve started doing this on both sides of the house. Or maybe there are more of you; I don’t know (I won’t use the s-word). And you made my cat hit her head on the window. She’s dumb; you really don’t need to help her look dumber.

I’ll leave your nest alone. I promise. I don’t even know where it is. Would you please go away? You’re making me absolutely insane.

[sub]Last year, when the birds started this during their nesting season then, I asked here what they were and someone said mockingbirds, so don’t laugh at me if they really aren’t.[/sub]

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are you aware that there’s a poster here w/the name “mockingbird”??? I assume this isn’t about him, right?

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I was confused for a minute there/ I thought you mean the SDMB member Mockingbird was divebombing your window. How rude of him!

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It took me past the first couple of sentences to realize this wasn’t about the poster Mockingbird. My brain is working even more slowly than normal today.

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I was wondering about that, too. I have no problem with Mockingbird the poster, so I was wondering what he might have done to get pitted.

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neener neener, I beat all of you.

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Well, as long as he comes in here and apologizes for making my cat hit her head on the window, all will be forgiven.

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You are aware that there’s…

aww fuck it.

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Aw shucks! So close! wring and I even have the same time-stamp!

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No, no: Mockingbird just needs to apologize to the putty-tat. What else he does with DeadlyAccurate’s cat is a private matter, best kept between he and fe----line.

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I have a similar problem. Every other day it seems like Manhatten is lurking in my bushes and trying to ban my cat. I’ve looked for some moderator repellant granules at Home Depot but can’t seem to find any.

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I have a mockingbird in my garden now for the first time in three years. It’s amazing the huge array of sounds they can make! I never knew…

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Hey, DeadlyAccurate, you might not know this, but there’s a poster here named Mockingbird. Took me a bit to realize you weren’t talking about him:)

[sub]What? Hey! It’s better than me running through this thread naked![/sub]

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You think that’s bad, Cecil Adams keeps shitting in my lawn.

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But Anthracite they’re called mockingbirds for a reason. Dammit! What is that whooshing sound? Damned mockingbird swooping down at me! Pit 'm, pit 'm hard!

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It could have been worse – before the Mods. changed his name for him, he was Hastur.

Now imagine having Hastur hitting himself against your window… :eek:

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Y’wanna be the fourth little pig, with the asbestos house, at times like that.

As fer the OP:
Yeah, persistance without thought is big with mockingbirds. We had a family nested in the scrub next to our driveway last year, and one of the birds assaulted our car fairly regularly, presumably in defense of the nest, or hatchlings.

All we could figure was the Tigger sunshade in the back window offended her.

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I just realized, that I oughtta make this disclaimer, after re-reading that post:

I am in no way aiming those statements, in any sort of comedic or ironic way, towards Mockingbird nee Hastur.

[sub]Not that I’m above that kinda bustin’ chops, y’unnerstand, but I’ve got no beef against our boy Mockingbird.[/sub]

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Did you know there’s a poster here named…oh, nevermind. :wink:

We have a cardinal who feels the same way about our laundry room door. Thwack. Thwack. Thwack. All day long. Every day. If he had a brain, it would be mush by now.

The good news is that at least the cat knows better than to go after him. And the dogs just want to play with him.

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Look, all I know is that SOMEONE keeps throwing shoes at me, and I wish it would stop!