LOL, loved the story about the mockingbirds! :-)
Many thanks to all of you for the tips and info. Here in OK, it seems like our weather is either EXTREMELY hot, or EXTREMELY cold. Not very much snow insulation, just a ton of ice from time to time. Maybe that’s why people here sometimes have a hard time growing blueberries. Almost lost them year-before-last due to the ice & bitterness of the cold.
No cats in my domicile, but if the mockingbirds get pushy, I’ll find a way to rig up some ty pe of screen or netting to thwart their plans . . . Heh. :-)
My parents would just drape bird netting over the blueberry bushes, with weights around the edges to keep the wind from blowing the netting off. Easy and cheap, and worked pretty well, though once in a while a bird would get trapped inside a net.