I like Mocking birds their song is lovely and they are fun to watch. That said I am really ticked at the ones on our property. It’s O.K. for them to hassle each other, as two maniacs do all day long, but when they chase cardinals and purple finches away they have gone too far! Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done with these avian paranoids.
On a different but equally annoying subject, the rabbits are winning. My daughter-in-law has planted a veggie garden with corn, tomatoes, and sunflowers. The sunflowers were for Tommy who really likes them. Last year the bunnies ate well but we didn’t. This year we fenced the veggie patch. The rabbits bit through the fence. Three times.
No mater that we check it regularly they still bit holes in the plastic fence. They are neater than some people in their cuts. Perfect rectangles no messy tears or wobbly lines. They have eaten all the sun flowers and two of the tomatoes, now they have started on the corn. Next year the fence will be made of metal, no more nice guys!