Dick the Mockingbird
Dick the Mockingbird was the name of one of
As a pet
Jefferson was noted to have kept Dick's cage in a special area in his study among plants on a windowsill where he would often leave the cage open allowing him free range of the room. The mockingbird was known to perch on Jefferson's couch and sing him to sleep after following him step-by-step up the stairs. Dick liked to sit on Jefferson's shoulder as he worked at his desk in the study. Jefferson had even trained the bird to swoop down and take food from between his lips. When Jefferson started playing his violin, Dick would "pour out his song along with the violin,"[5] as in a duet.
An acquaintance of Jefferson wrote, "How he loved the bird! He could not live without something to love… his bird and his flowers became the objects of his tender care."[5]
See also
References
- ^ Lopata, Peg. "A Real Political Animal." Faces: People, Places, and Cultures Sept. 2008: MasterFILE Premier. Web. 7 March 2010
- ^ "Mockingbirds." Monticello.org. N.p., 29 August 8, 26, 2009. Web. 6 March 2010.
- ^ a b c "Mockingbirds". Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "For the Birds." Saturday Evening Post 279.3 (2007): 54–59. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 March 2010.
- ^ ISBN 9781562940607.
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