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Northern Mockingbird
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| Length: |
10 inches |
Song: |
Variety of original and
imitative sounds, each repeated 3-5 (or more) times. |
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Wingspan: |
13-15 inches |
Behavior: |
Solitary or in pairs |
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Weight: |
1.7 ounces |
Breeding: |
Monogamous |
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Habitat: |
Edge of forest, oak and
riparian, brushes, shrubs, thickets, and undergrowth, tropical lowland,
grasslands with scattered trees, open landscape, lakes, rivers and
vicinity, sand pits, mud flats, ponds, semidesert, desert |
Population: |
Common |
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Migration: |
none |
Feeders: |
Bread, suet, or raisins |
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Appearance: |
2 white bars on wings, short
dark bill, gray-white belly, large white patches on wings, dark-grey
tail with white outer feathers. |
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Interesting Facts: |
The Northern Mockingbird's nest
is in the shape of a tea cup. |
Compiled by Middletown
Elementary School, Louisville, KY
Information from Birds of North America by Fred J Alsop III, DK Publishing, Inc., 2001
Photos used with permission from
Richard Healy.
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