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Old 07-03-2013, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by l2ridehd View Post
Just whistle at them. They will stop, listen and wonder what new bird they can add to their repertoire. Works every time. Red Wing Blackbirds do the same thing and whistling at them doesn't work.
Yes, you can have a lot of fun with mockingbirds. If you whistle, they will stop and then imitate you. You change what you whistle, and they change, too. After a while they will be singing away, going back and forth bewteen what you just whistled at them and songs that they knew before.