THEM!
Posted on 03/30/2010 2:00:16 PM PDT by PERKY2004
One of our backyard bird feeders (central California) has been very popular today with what looks to me like a giant sparrow, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me for certain? He's about 4-5 times the size of the goldfinches and housefinches that usually hang out on the feeder; in fact, he's about the size of the mourning doves we also get. Anyway, I snapped a few photos before he fluttered off.
Thanks for your assistance in identifying this bird. CHIRP!
THEM!
Northern Mockingbird call:”Nyah-nyah-na-na-nyah”
Southern Mockingbird call:”Nyah-nyah-na-na-nyah y’all”
It’s what we’ve always called them ... ever since I can remember. Part of the Jay family of birds ... most commonly known here as camp robbers ....
Looks more like a northern mocking bird (except for the yellow fur that always throws me off .... ;0 )
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Mockingbird/id
a good site for birding info
They’re also known too as Gray Jays ....http://www.canada-photos.com/data/media/22/jay-bird_233.jpg
No such thing as a Cooper Jay. Maybe you mean a magpie or a stellar jay or a scrub jay.
Cooper’s hawk is totally different. I think you have been mixing metsphors too long ;)
Also known as a Gray Jay ... we’ve called them Cooper Jay’s ever since I can remember .... see:http://www.canada-photos.com/data/media/22/jay-bird_233.jpg
Could be but probably more like a Mommy Mocking bird about to hatch her brood. Think?
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its a Mockingbird as everyone has said. I have the same bird here in Tempe Az, and also get Peach faced lovebirds this time of year from Mexico
Looks like dinner to me.
And Whiskey Jacks.
I guess it’s from what part of the states you’re from ... same bird, different name ... there has to be the correct Audubon name for them ... so I guess there’s the nickname we give them too ...
Totally different color than a sparrow and looks like a mockingbird.
My first impression, too. Phoebe? Flycatcher?
Here is a good web page for just this kind of thing:
whatbird.com
here is the lisitng for Northern Mockingbird:
http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/158/_/Northern_Mockingbird.aspx
It really does help with some hard to identify birds.
Mockingbird
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