A new entry for my lifetime birding list

Rilla: Mommy! What kind of bird is that?

Me: It’s a mockingbird, see its tail?

Huck (gasps): Me know all about knockingbirds!

Me: You do? Tell me about them.

Huck: They knock trees over. And the fence.

At 9:44 am Jennifer said:

They do have that look about them.
At 9:47 am tanita said:

Ahhh. Well, that explains so much of what’s been happening in the backyard…
At 12:21 pm mamacrow said:

so THAT’s why they sing, they’re smug at knocking people’s things over! ;-D
At 12:22 pm mamacrow said:

oh. ignore me. I’m muddling up my caged birds and mocking birds again *sigh*

look, it was funny in my head, ok?!
At 2:30 pm Susan said:

Knockingbird. Me love it.
At 3:05 pm scott said:

Papa’s gonna buy you a knockingbird
And if that knockingbird don’t sing
It’s ‘cuz it’s too busy knocking over trees
(And the fence.)
At 4:36 pm Ellie said:

**stands bemusedly by as the knockingbird flies off the page, over the knocked over fence, and into a thicklebit panel**
At 8:26 pm Phoebe said:

They’re known to pal around with racklenakes.
At 7:39 am Melissa Wiley said:

Knockingbird and Racklenake! *locks self in room, writes picture book*
At 5:20 am Chari said:

Great blog post title. Excellent and clever commenters. ‘Cept me, of course.
At 4:25 pm maria said:

Knockingbird and Racklenake! *locks self in room, writes picture book*

Exactly!

And love that conversation. A child’s voice & perspective. sigh Ahhhh!