Debra, this is too funny, they are named mockingbirds for a good reason, hmm?! The bird barking reminds me of a story my dh tells of his boyhood home. His Dad would whistle loudly when he needed dh and his brother to come in from the nearby woods. A mockingbird learned how to whistle just like their Dad. Dh says several times they would hear a whistle, come running home, only to have Dad tell them he hadn't whistled. They finally figured it out....it was the bird
Silly birds do build nests in the strangest places. We've had wrens build nests under a propane tank lid, a charcoal grill and numerous hanging flower baskets.
YorkichonBella....I remember Chloe's story and thought of it too, when I read "sago palms"
