To Kill a Mockingbird...

Well, if you haven't seen the movie, you must be punished. 

However, there is a pardon at bay due to the fact that I just realized
that there is a book, which the movie was based on.  The COOL thing
is that this is the only book the author ever wrote, and she won a Pulitzer
Prize for it!  (BTW... I have Gregory Peck's autograph... look for it on ebay)

Anyway, about Mocking Birds... they are the state bird of Texas... why,
I have no idea.  However, any great gramma, or grammas that believe it,
will tell you that the Mocking Bird is named for its talents... mocking the
sounds of other birds.  Por que?  No se .

Scientifically, it sounds cool... Just like the Coo Coo bird that lays its egg(s)
in the nest of another specie... and when the Coo Coo baby grows, it pushes
the invaded nest's baby(s) out of the nest in order to get all the food....  Wait...
I think I know her... Mom?... Sorry... to continue:

[Side bar:  Did you know that the lightening bug flashes it's stuff in order to
attract a mate??  AND at the same time, there is a predator on the ground that
simulates a receptive female's retro-flash, and dies for being a liar??? Hmmmm?
Karma... I don't know!  I don't make the rules!  But interesting, don't you think,
you "fake flashers"?????]

Back to the mocking bird...  As its mate lays an egg, or two, the male sings to her...
all night, every night, day in, day out....  ZZZZZZZZZ  Sorry, anyway AFTER the
eggs are being incubated, (please take a moment to check out the McAllen Incubator
Facebook page for stuff you never imagined, and up-coming FABULOUS events) the
male does not sing anymore... he exhibits aggressive behavior... Turning imitated songs of life
and love into bursts of  screaching warnings ... Wait... Mom?  Sorry.... to continue...

I have seen Mocking Bird daddies DIVE BOMB dogs, cats, Grackles, and... yes... my
ex-husband.  Now, I am beginning to understand the Mocking Bird... and, yes, my
friends,

they do NOT hug dogs...