You must not have them like we do! LOL  The Mockingbirds (3) we have think
the whole two akers of land we have is theirs! Have one of my cats step out
into the yard anywhere and it's party time.  We have one that comes to the
sliding glass doors in the back of the house, sits on the banister or the
window sill in the front yard and torments my cats to death!

After two years though, my cats are becoming a bit bravers and I think they
have started to become playmates!  LOL!

Amanda

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael H Collis" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: BB Guns in the rural South


> You got that right... Bobby.  I still have mine...   Mockingbirds, mean?
> Just because they dive-bomb people when they get to close to their nests
> is no call to say they're mean.   lol
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bobby G. Greer, Ph.
> D.
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 4:26 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: BB Guns in the rural South
>
> Betty,
>
>     As a boy growing in the rural South, most of us had BB guns, or
> pellet
> air
> rifles and some, like my brother and I, had real firearms. Mith "weapon
> of
> choice" though was my trusty Red Ryder lever action Daisy BB gun. Now
> other
> than glass bottles, the other prime targets are birds, or "birdies" as
> you
> state. My favorite Target was "Mockers" because they were so mean. This
> is
> regardless of the fact Mocking Bird was the Texas state bird and it was
> against state law to shoot them, a minor fact we gave little regard.
> Wjat I
> guess I am saying is shooting birds with BB guns was a rite of passage
> in the
> South. Besides, have your ever tried to kill a mocker with a Red Ryder.
> You
> have to be damn good!! Especially if your spastic CP!!!
>
> Bobby
>