[MamaTexan]

Here in Central Texas, we have chickadees, morning doves, Mexican doves, quail, buntings, cardinals, mockingbirds, blue jays, cedar waxwings, and probably a few more that I've seen, but didn't know what I was looking at.

We even have a ruby throated hummingbird that hasn't bothered to migrate for over 2 years.

The songbirds attract raptors like red-tailed hawks, and I even saw what I think was some type of falcon a few days ago.

Cedar waxwings have been cleaning all the fruit off the mulberry and hackberry trees over the last couple of weeks....I'm glad SOMETHING eats those nasty things!

[sweetliberty]

"I'm glad SOMETHING eats those nasty things!"

Well, I don't know what a hackberry is, but when I was a kid, I used to climb up in our mulberry tree and eat the berries. I loved them. That was a long time ago, but I remember them as being very sweet, at least if they were ripe.

[sweetliberty]

"Cedar waxwings have been cleaning all the fruit off the mulberry and hackberry trees"

Perhaps I should plant a mulberry tree.