Crazy mockingbirds

So, as of late there has been a pair of mockingbirds hanging out near my
place. However, I was noticing that a lot of times, they start acting
insane. They jump along the fence, chirping loudly, even going as far as
to fly up and land on one of the terrace ceiling fan's blades right near
the window!

I was wondering why the birds were behaving so strangely; afterall this
was not normal nest-building behavior, and those loud chirps are not
normal mockingbird song. Eventually I correlated Lynxie's presence on
the windowsill with this behavior!

Yep, Lynxie's mere presence, relaxed and sleepy on the windowsill,
lazily watching the birds through a CLOSED WINDOW, causes them to go
into fits of insanity, even though the nest is like 40 feet away! What's
funny is that when they get like this, they grab Lynxie's interest,
compounding the situation. It's quite funny to see how daring the birds
get, coming within 5 to 6 feet of the window if I'm not near it!

Here's a few pictures:

http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~flynnj/kitten...ceilingfan.jpg
http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~flynnj/kitten...tches-bird.jpg
http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~flynnj/kitten...rd-closeup.jpg


-Z

in article , Zorin the Lynx at
wrote on 6/14/04 7:42 PM:

http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~flynnj/kitten...tches-bird.jpg

Wow. Great shots. I've never seen a ceiling fan on a porch before! Wow.
Classy

in article , Zorin the Lynx at
wrote on 6/14/04 7:42 PM:

http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~flynnj/kitten...tches-bird.jpg

Wow. Great shots. I've never seen a ceiling fan on a porch before! Wow.
Classy

in article , Zorin the Lynx at
wrote on 6/14/04 7:42 PM:

http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~flynnj/kitten...tches-bird.jpg

Wow. Great shots. I've never seen a ceiling fan on a porch before! Wow.
Classy

In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", Karen Chuplis
artfully composed this message within
on 14 Jun 2004:

in article , Zorin the Lynx at
wrote on 6/14/04 7:42 PM:

http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~flynnj/kitten...ds/lynxie-watc
hes-bird.jpg

Wow. Great shots. I've never seen a ceiling fan on a porch
before! Wow. Classy



I think the lawn in the shot is great. Very nice! I love that fence;
wrought iron?

--
Cheryl

In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", Karen Chuplis
artfully composed this message within
on 14 Jun 2004:

in article , Zorin the Lynx at
wrote on 6/14/04 7:42 PM:

http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~flynnj/kitten...ds/lynxie-watc
hes-bird.jpg

Wow. Great shots. I've never seen a ceiling fan on a porch
before! Wow. Classy



I think the lawn in the shot is great. Very nice! I love that fence;
wrought iron?

--
Cheryl

In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", Karen Chuplis
artfully composed this message within
on 14 Jun 2004:

in article , Zorin the Lynx at
wrote on 6/14/04 7:42 PM:

http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~flynnj/kitten...ds/lynxie-watc
hes-bird.jpg

Wow. Great shots. I've never seen a ceiling fan on a porch
before! Wow. Classy



I think the lawn in the shot is great. Very nice! I love that fence;
wrought iron?

--
Cheryl

"Zorin the Lynx" wrote in message
...
So, as of late there has been a pair of mockingbirds hanging out near my
place. However, I was noticing that a lot of times, they start acting
insane. They jump along the fence, chirping loudly, even going as far as
to fly up and land on one of the terrace ceiling fan's blades right near
the window!
.... -Z

We have a mockingbird that hangs out on our chimney. It sings so loud that
it sounds as if we have a bird somewhere in the house. The cats ignore it.
Jim and I kind of like it because it chirps so many melodies. I'd hate to
think what the top of our chimney looks like, though, with the amount of
time that bird spends up there. I hope your mockingbirds don't make a mess
on your fan blades or your patio.
Annie

"Zorin the Lynx" wrote in message
...
So, as of late there has been a pair of mockingbirds hanging out near my
place. However, I was noticing that a lot of times, they start acting
insane. They jump along the fence, chirping loudly, even going as far as
to fly up and land on one of the terrace ceiling fan's blades right near
the window!
.... -Z

We have a mockingbird that hangs out on our chimney. It sings so loud that
it sounds as if we have a bird somewhere in the house. The cats ignore it.
Jim and I kind of like it because it chirps so many melodies. I'd hate to
think what the top of our chimney looks like, though, with the amount of
time that bird spends up there. I hope your mockingbirds don't make a mess
on your fan blades or your patio.
Annie

"Zorin the Lynx" wrote in message
...
So, as of late there has been a pair of mockingbirds hanging out near my
place. However, I was noticing that a lot of times, they start acting
insane. They jump along the fence, chirping loudly, even going as far as
to fly up and land on one of the terrace ceiling fan's blades right near
the window!
.... -Z

We have a mockingbird that hangs out on our chimney. It sings so loud that
it sounds as if we have a bird somewhere in the house. The cats ignore it.
Jim and I kind of like it because it chirps so many melodies. I'd hate to
think what the top of our chimney looks like, though, with the amount of
time that bird spends up there. I hope your mockingbirds don't make a mess
on your fan blades or your patio.
Annie