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["Tom & Lynda Blair" <tomlyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fellow birders..
Is it at all possible for a Mockingbird to be sitting on eggs at this time 
of year? For nearly two weeks a pair of Mockers did their mating ritual 
right outside my office window every day - all day.. I had fun watching 
them. Now, the female is sitting in an old BlueJay nest in the tree near the 
window and the male spends his days on a branch next to the nest. He swoops 
down and steals the food that I put out for a feral cat, both canned and dry 
and flies up to the nest. I presume he is feeding the female. Is this 
possible??
Have they both gone round the bend? The mating ritual started during the 
warm days that we had. She's been sitting in the Jay nest for about 2 weeks.
Thanks!
Lynda Blair
New Kent County 

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