That one must have migrated from the Arkansas Big Woods. On Jan 21, 2014 3:06 PM, "Collins, Fred (Commissioner Pct. 3)" < Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > And then there was the Blue jay doing a perfect imitation of an > Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Nacogdoches, TX in 2007. When and where did he > learn that! > > > Fred Collins, Director > Kleb Woods Nature Center > 20303 Draper Road,Tomball TX 77377 > > Harris County Precinct 3 > Steve Radack Commissioner > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Jim Sinclair > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 4:19 PM > To: Clay Taylor > Cc: heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [texbirds] Re: 30 minutes with a starling > > At least that was the same continent. > Back in the mid '90's at the Tulsa Zoo a Northern Mockingbird would > regularly imitate a European Blackbird! The zoo had no record of that > species ever being at the zoo. > > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Clay Taylor > <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > Last year I was in Cape May, NJ, and a Starling on the wires did a > perfect > > "wit-weet!" of a Curve Billed Thrasher. There were two other birders > > present, and we all looked at each other in amazement. I shouted at the > > Starling "WHERE did you hear THAT?" > > > > It would not tell me..... > > > > Clay Taylor > > Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX > > Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > On Jan 18, 2014, at 12:21 PM, "Heidi Trudell" > > > <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > > Matt and I were loitering in front of the library this morning and > > > noted that only ONE native bird was detectable during that time: a > > > Ruby-crowned Kinglet. House Sparrows, Eurasian Collared Doves, Rock > > > Pigeons (high count for the year: four), and Eurasian Starlings all > > > put on a good show. Chickens were heard only. > > > > > > We're still debating whether or not the Curve-billed Thrasher and > > > Common Nighthawk calls came from another starling, but here's what > > > one starling had to say (not in any particular order): > > > Killdeer - most frequent non-starling vocalization Scaled Quail > > > Ladder-backed Woodpecker (?) tapping wren spp. > > > Northern Mockingbird scold call > > > ...yesterday it was making curlew vocalizations. > > > > > > There are a few other snippets that it is mumbling to itself that > > > sound promising, but I guess we'll have to wait for it to belt them > > > out at an audible level. > > > > > > Happy trails, > > > -h > > > > > > Heidi Trudell > > > Marathon, TX > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary > > > necessities. - Mark Twain Big Bend Birds & Nature - > > > http://www.bigbendnature.com Edit your Freelists account settings > > > for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > > > > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking > > permission > > > from the List Owner > > > > > > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking > > permission from the List Owner > > > > > > > > > -- > Jim Sinclair (TX-ESA) > TOS Life Member > Kingsville, TX > > "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of > thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking > permission from the List Owner > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > from the List Owner > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner