This is my naturalist task.
Habitat of Mockingbird
Year-round the Northern Mockingbird is found in areas with open ground and with shrubby vegetation like hedges, fruiting bushes, and thickets. When foraging on the ground, it prefers grassy areas, rather than bare spots. Common places to find Northern Mockingbirds include parkland, cultivated land, suburban areas and in second growth habitat at low elevations. They originate from Galapagos Islands.
Mockingbirds have a strong preference for certain trees such as maple, sweet gum, and sycamore. They generally avoid pine trees after the other trees have grown their leaves. Also, they have a particular preference for high places, such as the topmost branches of trees. Mockingbirds are often found in urban and suburban areas, where they perch on telephone poles, streetlights, or high points on buildings.
Besides, Northern Mockingbirds nest in shrubs and trees, typically 3-10 feet off the ground but sometimes as high as 60 feet. The male probably chooses the nest site and begins building several nests before the female chooses one to finish and lay eggs in. Females may start laying eggs in a second nest while the male is still caring for fledglings from the previous one. Northern Mockingbirds rarely ever reuse their nests.
Flora and Fauna in Maycomb County
From these descriptions of the habitat of mockingbirds, we can assume that the natural environment of the mockingbirds in Maycomb is the same. Based on the information given, there are thorny shrubs and grassy areas in Maycomb County, which can be justified by the presence of Johnson grass and rabbit tobacco in Boo Radley’s place (pg 14, 15). Besides, “a solitary mocker” also perched in the Radley’s yard, showing how the Radley’s untended for garden was a perfect habitat for the quick adapting, urban bird.
As Maycomb County was a county which based their economy on farming, most of the citizens/villagers there planted many trees and crops and formed a natural habitat for a variety of birds including the mockingbird. This country was based at the Countryside and was largely Natural habitat and not very urban as Maycomb was quite backward in both thinking and technology. These farms were also full of crops, seeds and fruits, thus attracting the mockingbirds which liked to feed on crops and sometimes prove a nuisance as they frequently ate seeds for a meal.
The mockingbirds also live in Maycomb County perhaps because of the advice given to all that mockingbirds are not to be shot. This may have caused the mockingbirds to realise that they were the safest in Maycomb County and taking advantage of that, settled in Maycomb.
Therefore some of the trees in Maycomb could be maple, sweet gum, and sycamore trees. Mostly, they would be trees who bear nuts such as pecans. These would attract mockingbirds to land in Maycomb and build their family there.
My next task: Intrapersonal
-Who would you want to be friends with in the novel? Explain.
For me, I would like to make friends with Miss Maudie. This decision was made due to a few reasons, which I will explain in the next few paragraphs. Firstly, I would make friends with Ms Maudie because she as we all know, is the voice of reason, and I would benefit greatly from her being my friend. Besides being a good influence for me and my moral values, she would always be there to guide me onto the right path and the right moral decision for my future. With her experience, she would make a great mentor and teacher.
Next, Ms Maudie has a soft spot for children, so I might be able to make friends with her more quickly and easily than say, Boo Radley who would although make a kind, loyal friend but would take much time to interact as he would always be cooped up in his house and not receiving any visitors. It can be seen that it took Scout almost two to three years to make friends with him while Ms Maudie and Scout acquainted over a meeting. Therefore i believe I stand a good chance of befriending with Ms Maudie.
Another very obvious benefit (and here Chun Jie might be tempted to join me in getting into Ms Maudie's good books) is that she bakes great cakes, and thus I would never be hungry when visiting her. Besides, these treats come very often and i would not be just eating her cakes for a few times, but perhaps more than ten times a month (of course depending on my frequency of visiting ms maudie (again i believe CJ would visit her every hour due to this tasty incentive.)
Finally, I would be happy to be her friend because she is always kind and benevolent, and even unpredictable at times (remember when she suddenly whooped and chuckled for eternity [if you count eternity as about half a day] after Scout said that she would rake the damn Morphodite up in a jiffy). It would be really interesting to befriend her and receive a surprise about the next move she would make.
Thus I believe that Ms Maudie would make a good friend for me and vice versa. A role model from all perspectives, every parent would be glad to have her as their neighbour (and so does every glutton ;).
Yi Pin.
Ps:CJ no offense directed.
PPs: Just kidding.
PPPs: Just kidding meant that there was offense directed and not a repetition of my first Ps.
PPPPs: Ps is the symbol for photoshop.
PPPPPs: I am really sidetracking here. Bye!
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