Wordless Wednesday: Are You Being Served? 11/12/2014

Posted on November 12, 2014 by johnvic8
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Mimus polyglottos

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John Viccellio retired after 24 years in the U. S. Navy and began to dig into gardening when he could finally land in one place. He completed the Master Gardener course in 1992 and has since designed and constructed two of his own gardens. He wrote a monthly garden column for ten years and was a regular contributor to Carolina Gardener magazine. John published his first book, Guess What's in My Garden!, in 2014. He lives in a retirement community in Matthews, NC.
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6 Responses to Wordless Wednesday: Are You Being Served? 11/12/2014

  1. pbmgarden says:
    November 12, 2014 at 7:59 am

    Nice photo of the mockingbird. I enjoy watching (and hearing) them.

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  2. gardeninacity says:
    November 12, 2014 at 12:23 pm

    OK, I had to google Mimus polyglottos to figure out it was a mockingbird. You don’t see them around here. Great photo.

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  3. Marian St.Clair says:
    November 13, 2014 at 6:18 am

    This one looks large and in charge, but then, mockingbirds are always full of themselves, aren’t they?

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  4. johnvic8 says:
    November 13, 2014 at 8:37 am

    Thanks, Marian. The birds’ actions around the suet feeder help me understand the phrase “pecking order.”

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