The local mockingbirds (nesting in the backyard) do a wicked car alarm.
*laugh* Fortunately not as loud as thereal thing. Since they hit the
suet feeder regularly that is immediately next to our patio and have no
qualms about doing so when we're outside, the cats and I have been
working on teaching them to meow. The cats from inside the house on the
opposite of the french doors that open onto the patio. You can imagine
how pathetic the meows sound. *grin* The mockingbird is quite
obviously paying attention.

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu