A catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) sits in its catbird seat. The catbird cares nothing of baseball but will spend its time where it is most comfortable, and that is hidden away under dense cover of vegetation. Despite usually being hidden from view, we often hear the mewling of the catbird as we walk through the woods.
This is near the bank of the Tippecanoe River, at Tippecanoe River State Park, July 27, 2019.
The Wikipedia article on catbird seat falls short of explaining how our language comes from the observation and knowledge of nature. Any child growing up in rural America before the age of television would play in the woods and know where the catbird sits.
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