A new entry for my lifetime birding list
September 7, 2012 @ 9:42 am | Filed under: Nature Study
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.
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Jennifer says:
They do have that look about them.
On September 7, 2012 at 9:44 am
tanita says:
Ahhh. Well, that explains so much of what’s been happening in the backyard…
On September 7, 2012 at 9:47 am
mamacrow says:
so THAT’s why they sing, they’re smug at knocking people’s things over! ;-D
On September 7, 2012 at 12:21 pm
mamacrow says:
oh. ignore me. I’m muddling up my caged birds and mocking birds again *sigh*
look, it was funny in my head, ok?!
On September 7, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Susan says:
Knockingbird. Me love it.
On September 7, 2012 at 2:30 pm
scott says:
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.)
On September 7, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Ellie says:
**stands bemusedly by as the knockingbird flies off the page, over the knocked over fence, and into a thicklebit panel**
On September 7, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Phoebe says:
They’re known to pal around with racklenakes.
On September 7, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Melissa Wiley says:
Knockingbird and Racklenake! *locks self in room, writes picture book*
On September 8, 2012 at 7:39 am
Chari says:
Great blog post title. Excellent and clever commenters. ‘Cept me, of course. š
On September 9, 2012 at 5:20 am
maria says:
Knockingbird and Racklenake! *locks self in room, writes picture book*
Exactly! š
And love that conversation. A child’s voice & perspective. sigh Ahhhh! š
On September 9, 2012 at 4:25 pm