Date: April 27, 2020 9:00 am
Location: Jonesborough, Tennessee - Home
GPS Co-ordinates: 36.339781, -82.509418
Habitat: Bushes and trees, neighborhoods, desert scrub and old pastures.
Weather/Conditions: Sunny and cool
First Sighting: 2019
Bird’s Actions: Flitting around on the lawn, foraging on ground.
Bird’s Appearance: Slender bodied gray bird about the size of a sparrow.
My Actions: Photograph, observe and admire.
Remarks: Northern Mockingbirds are common in backyards, but they don’t often visit feeders. Mockingbirds mimic other birds, car alarms, slamming doors and other noises and includes them in it’s song, repeating a phrse 5 to 7 times before switching to next set of notes, Northern Mockingbirds continue to add new sounds to their repertoires through their lives. A male may learn around 200 songs throughout it’s life. Mockingbirds sing all through the day, and often into the night. Most nocturnal singers are unmated males, which sing more tha mated males during the day too. Nighttime singing is more common during the full moon. Northern Mockingbirds typically sing from February through August and again from September to early November. A male may have to distinct repertoires of songs; one for spring and another for fall.
The famale Northern Mockingbird sings too, although usually more quietly than the male does. She rarealy sings in the summer, and usually only when the male is away from the territory. She sings more in the fall, perhaps to establish a winter territory.