I went to Walgreens after work yesterday and felt as if I were watching my own personal PBS wildlife special. Two mockingbirds were having an aerial battle. One was the aggressor and the other just wanted to get the heck out of there but every time he tried, the aggressor would fly after him and continue the fight leaving the other bird no choice but to try to defend himself. He'd fly to a tree to get away but it was no use.

Back and forth, up and down, over and over, beating each other up with their wings and bumping chests. Then a female mockingbird showed up looking very upset.

Mockingbirds are fast! There was no way I could try to intervene, too high up. When my back was turned they left so I didn't see where they ended up or how it was resolved.

I don't know a lot about mockingbirds so I'm not sure if the aggressor was defending a nest to the point of it wasn't enough to run the other bird off; it meant serious business.

Cathy