Mockingbird – Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings

Of Lizards and Birds

This mockingbird likes lizards, but not in the way that the lizard would like to be liked. Unfortunately for the lizard, nearly every creature larger than it would rather eat it than be its friend. I watched the showdown out my back window for several minutes, and the lizard made a very respectable stand againstContinue reading “Of Lizards and Birds”

Mocking the Bird

There were strange flurries visible outside the window so I had to go investigate. A red-shouldered hawk had perched on the birdfeeder, and a mockingbird had become fed up with it. After several passes from different directions the mockingbird zeroed on the seat of its problem. After a quick lick to the hawk’s derriere, theContinue reading “Mocking the Bird”