Wow, you guys, what lovely photos -- gotta start saving for a new camera! My Nikon is not going to cut it...
The other day in the backyard, I was startled to see a mockingbird in hot pursuit of a squirrel -- the squirrel was running on top of the fence and jumped onto my neighbors roof and ran for protection. The mockingbird landed on the fence and watched the squirrel run off.
A friend told me that her cat, Fideaux, gets dive-bombed from a mockingbird when he is out in the backyard. They play the game but one of these days, Fideaux may get even...