[CT Birds] Mockingbird

[Greg Hanisek]

When I lived in NJ my wife became especially fond of a mockingbird that 
wintered. She used to sit out a half an apple on the front porch, away from 
the feeders in the back. She cut the apple across the "equator" so it sat 
upright with the top half missing. The mockingbird would meticulously pick 
out the pulp so that eventually all that would be left was an intact cup 
made of apple skin.
Greg Hanisek
Waterbury

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> Mockingbirds are great birds! I would try and offer the mocker the same 
> food found in your feeders on the ground away from them but near enough by 
> so it finds the food. The bird should prefer to feed on the ground and 
> then may give up defending the feeders and just defend the ground 
> location. :))))) Love those  feisty birds!
>
> They eat  mealworms of course, (as any self respecting insect eater 
> should), :))) raisins, crumbled up suet,  and peanut butter mixed with 
> cornmeal are some of the foods you could try and lure the bird with.
>
> Jayne Amico/Southington
>
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