On (23 Apr 98) Marilyn Boissoneault wrote to Jim Venedam...
 MB> I would NOT want to live near a golf course.  
 
It makes for a real nice "back yard", but you have to be careful 
to not have many windows facing the tee. This is a private 
country club, and from the prices they charge, I'm amazed at 
some of the clowns that use it. Money to burn.
I've never played golf, but I can recognize a bad swing when 
I see one, and I see plenty here.
 
 MB> I have quite a few stray cats roaming around and that
   > does help on the mockingbird problem.
 
I don't know if a cat is any kind of match for a mockinbird. My 
mother has about 5-6 stray cats in her neighborhood, but there 
is never a scarcity of mockers. I was sitting out in my driveway 
one afternoon, reading a book, and a mockingbird was out in 
front of me "shrugging" his shoulders. He wanted ME to leave. 
I like the mockingbirds. They're all welcome here. Someone was 
eating my oranges during the winter. Maybe a Blue Jay?
   
 MB> We used to use bird netting but then I had a couple of
   > baby grackles get all tangled up in it, so quit that. 
I tried a net to protect my figs one year, but it didn't work 
at all. Last year, I never got a single fig.....
   
 MB> I don't mind so much if the bird picks one tomato and 
  munches on that, but sometimes we get one that has to taste 
  every darn one on the vine. Then I do get rather MAD!
IS there such a thing as a teenager mockingbird? 
Jimvee 
 
... "Bother!" said Pooh, as his bungie cord broke.
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