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Mockingbird behavior



Folks,

We spent the weekend camping at Lumber River State Park and paddling the Lumber River. Birds were very abundant and made for pleasant listening from our wooded campsite (lighting was poor due to overcast skies). We did watch closely as a Yellow throated Warbler kept returning to its nest next to where a fisherman was fishing.

Anyway on our way home we ate at Sonic next to Bo Jangles in Lumberton and was watched some odd behavior while eating. This adult Mockingbird flew out of a shrub and landed next to a Bo Jangles to go box, perhaps biscuits and gravy or Bo Berry Biscuits. the mocker proceeded to eat something from the box and out of the shrub hopped out a large juvenile mocker that begged the adult for food. The adult proceeded to feed her what she had just gotten from the box. Three House Finches and a Common Grackle looked on from very close by.

Oh, also a heads up on a new boardwalk in Fairbluff, NC next to the Lumber River. The boardwalk has lights and makes for a very nice bird walk and its handicap accessible. River Bend Outfitters is right next to the boardwalk in case you'd like to canoe the river as well. Be sure to call them in advance if you want to be sure to get a canoe. We paddled 6 miles downstream without seeing anyone on the river. The Spotted Sandpipers alone made the trip worth while! We found 4 of them perched on limbs over the water in what looked like a bird sculpture. Several times we passed them very closely also.


Randy Emmitt
Rougemont. NC
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