We have some mocking birds at our house. There is one in particular that follows me around when I mow the lawn. It almost lands in my from time to time. I think it’s actually after the bugs that get kicked up from mowing.
Usually those are Purple Martins that fly and dive bomb around while mowing. They’re feeding off the bugs you’re stirring up. Really fun to watch.
Same here. They like to dive down for bugs as I am mowing.
There used to wrens that nested outside the back door of the family home in north central Iowa. They would actually ride on the handles of a running moving garden tiller! They loved some kind of small green grub that the tiller would turn up.