MOCKING BIRD, PART II I’ve been a bit puzzled about my mockingbird this past summer. You see, he seemed so content here in my yard with his family and his younguns and he continued to sing his little heart out. He certainly gave me a lot of joy. But somewhere along the line, later this summer I didn’t hear him singing as much and when I would check on the bird noises outside in the area of the spruce tree, I continued to be a bit puzzled by the presence of a blue jay in the immediate area. You see, I rarely have blue jays in my yard. What particularly puzzled me was that it appeared that the blue jay and my mockingbird were continuing to have some sort of a confrontation. It seemed to me that the blue jay was trying to take over my mockingbird’s territory. Now at that point I didn’t notice my mockingbird’s family in the vicinity--just the blue jay and my mockingbird. Well, over the rest of the summer I didn’t really pay much particular attention. The only conclusion I came to when I thought of it was that either the blue jay ran off my mockingbird or that maybe I had been wrong in the first place when I thought my mockingbird hung around here from spring to fall. But a couple of weeks ago I was kept reminded by the renewed presence of a blue jay. Hey, when they squawk, you hear them! Well, I certainly didn’t mind that. They’re so pretty, they don’t irritate me in the least and they’re at least not as loud as crows. But then just last week I heard “him”--MY MOCKINGBIRD!!!! He had returned!!!! Oh, what a joy! He was singing as beautifully as before. But I was still puzzled about where he had been over these last months of the summer. Oh, I know! He had taken his family and had gone camping up in Canada for the summer and now that fall is here, they’re on their way back down south. He had sent the family on down south and he was just stopping by here for one last “Hurrah.” That HAD to be the situation. But when I added everything up, I didn’t like it one single bit. And it was because of the blue jay’s presence. Now, I don’t want to make this too drawn out but this is what I suspect. Do you remember my earlier mentioning about his springtime passion for imitating other birds, including blue jays? And my comment about the possibility of his attracting a female blue jay who was “just out for a good time?” Well, I think that THAT’S what all of this is all about! Oh, I just can’t believe it! THAT’S what has been going on all this time! He HAD fooled around with that sleazy blue jay! The minute he sent his family up to Canada (Oh, trust me, he told them to go on up there without him and he would follow them just as soon as he cleared up a bit of business details he needed to do here), he and the blue jay just flew off and had some torrid affair. Well, now it looks like it’s payback time! His family is on their way back down south and once again he is confronted by the blue jay. She ain’t about to let him get away with dumping her just like that after all the sweet nothings he said to her. Oh, he just HAD to stop by here just one more time, didn’t he--”For the good times!” And now there she is! Well, Sweetie, it just wasn’t the way you had remember it, was it?? Oh, wait a minute! I think I’m getting a bit confused here. Am I talking to the PD group or am I talking with my analyst here???? Well, some days you just go into overload don’t you? Well, DON’T you?????? ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== Haven't found a post of interest? Why not generate one of your own?