Thank you all for "defending" my October Glory Maple tree and the word "Twitterpated"! LOL

This whole thread has been quite amusing, fun, and enlightening.

I'd like to add about the "Northern" thing: A Northern Mockingbird would be found in "North America" as opposed to "South America", for instance. Likewise we all are "Northerners" when talking about all the Americas. We happen to be a subset of Southern. I see the relevancy of calling Mockingbirds and Cardinals "Northern". Also in calling some birds "Eastern" or "Western", oh, this could go on and on.

I love the Eastern Bluebirds I see everyday in my backyard.

I love the Northern Cardinal I saw briefly in the feeder yesterday, for the first time in MONTHS!

And I love the many House Finches that we have around, though they sure don't live in my house, or even on it! (they have nests in trees and shrubs around here.) ;)

(Northern-Southron) Marysue in Bethlehem, Barrow Co., GA