Because my mockingbird has been my most faithful backyard bird, I’ll begin with him. I lived in this house for almost a year before I had any backyard birds other than my mockingbird. The Carolina chickadee’s bird call is a fast, high pitched “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” (Photo from Canva Pro “If you hear a bird call that…
Tag: Mockingbirds are powerful symbols of innocence. It’s no wonder the bird played such a prominent role in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”.
Is My Mockingbird More than a Backyard Bird? Bird Symbolism
Today, I was talking to a local farmer, and after she told me about all the animals she is raising on her farm, I said: “My only livestock is my mockingbird.” And while I said that laughingly, it is true that I am a bit perplexed about the mockingbird that has become my best outside…