Don't mockingbirds love to do that? There is one kind of bird that is worse about it than others, but I can't remember which. Have you guys seen the old Home Video show where the bird attacks a cat and the cat turns a flip?
We rehabbed a Great Horned Owl once. He had a broken wing, so it took a while. I kept him at the clinic and Bub and I would go over there every night to feed him and clean the cage. Bubba would always do the holding while I did the cleaning. ANYway, time finally came for his release so we took him out to the farm my vet owned, and a few other people came with us to watch.
We had him in a box where you could just pull back the flaps on the top and he could take off. Bub put on the welding gloves as a precaution then pulled back the flaps. Out comes this gorgeous, huge bird - and heads straight for Bubba!
Evidently it blamed him for being in captivity for so long. And of course I didn't have the video camera with me for that one!
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