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In reply to the discussion: If you know anything about catbirds swooping down on people and dogs, please stop here [View all]Arkansas Granny
(31,514 posts)2. FWIW, catbirds only stay in the nest for 10-11 days after hatching, so you might not have this
problem for very long. I don't have catbirds, but I have mockingbirds that act like this (they're in the same family), but I've never known them to injure anyone.
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If you know anything about catbirds swooping down on people and dogs, please stop here [View all]
Samantha
May 2012
OP
FWIW, catbirds only stay in the nest for 10-11 days after hatching, so you might not have this
Arkansas Granny
May 2012
#2
I have been carrying an umbrella, one of those pop up things, with my hand on the button
Samantha
May 2012
#6
The big thing about the hose is that I have to crawl into the bushes between the two nests
Samantha
May 2012
#12
I thought about a baseball bat, but I am only 5'1" and don't have much of a good swing upwards
Samantha
May 2012
#7
I think my neighbor was wrong telling me these were catbirds; I think you are correct
Samantha
May 2012
#22
Hey, we have been under a tornado watch/warning in the DC area so I am staying off my computer
Samantha
Jun 2012
#54
If mockingbirds were a danger to humans, they would be the ones with TVs and rmote controls...
ret5hd
May 2012
#29
No, the back door is a side door that is contained within a separate apartment I rent out
Samantha
May 2012
#36
Well. I had a bird actually snatch a french fry from me as I was eating it.
alphafemale
May 2012
#38
A group of us were sitting at an outdoor patio restaurant - a guy had just gotten his T-bone steak -
haele
Jun 2012
#70
For a time. In the early 70's a fellow named Richard Bach had people enthralled...
alphafemale
Jun 2012
#73
I used to play golf at this little municiple course near the Salinas airport.
bluesbassman
May 2012
#40