TNMOCKINGBIRD
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I just wondered if anyone else has noticed there are very few birds around. I first realized it when I noticed all the butterflies and dragonflies that seem to be EVERYWHERE! I looked around for the mockingbirds that I have always enjoyed watching catch these insects and they just seem to be absent. I thought of the mockingbird that had always stayed in the big tree outside my house and hollered. He's gone too. I am getting concerned. I know fall is nearing but don't mockingbirds stay around for the winter? If anyone has any info to confirm or dispute my observation, please post or email. I have also observed a large bird chasing some of the smaller birds earlier in the summer. Some one else had told me they witnessed the same thing, & they even saw the attack. The one I saw looked about the size of a small hawk, smaller than a crow, maybe about the size of a bluejay, but this was no bluejay! Sadly, I fear these may be part of the problem.