At 01:20 AM 8/23/96 -0700, you wrote:
>I tried posting this earlier - I never saw it on tweeters and never got a
>response so I'm wondering if I messed up. Please forgive it if
>redundant. Maybe no one cared to respond!
>
Or didn't have an answer!

Actually this behavior only occurs during breeding season. The mockers
should be moving around a bit more once the young have fledged and will no
longer bother visitors. The all night singing will stop as well. Nesting
season is (or should be) over by this time so she should have no fear of
destroying the nest. I don't know if Mockers will return to the same nest
next year. I doubt it.

If the nest is still being actively used, I wouldn't recommend she move it.
However, it won't hurt to learn it's location. Birds can't "smell" people's
scents who may have touched the young or nest so don't worry about that.

I, personally, don't think a hummer is the answer. Anna's are not as
aggressive as Rufus-sided, but I don't think a RS would even take on a
Mockingbird. They don't bother jays up here.

Good luck.

Peggi



Peggi Rodgers
Oregon Research Institute
Eugene, OR
peggir at ori.org
prodgers at efn.org
"A bird does not sing because it has an
answer, It sings because it has a song"