[texbirds] Re: Mockingbirds making out-of-area sounds (Was: Government Canyon...)
- From: "Stevan Hawkins" <shawkins4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'TexBirds TexBirds Posting'" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:54:37 -0500
Chuck:
Even though your "Friends of Balcones" article shot my hypothesis down, it
was very useful.
Thanks!
Steve
Stevan Hawkins
San Antonio TX
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Sexton [mailto:gcwarbler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 7:49 AM
To: TexBirds TexBirds Posting
Subject: Re: Mockingbirds making out-of-area sounds (Was: Government
Canyon...)
Steve and TexBirders,
While it may very well be that the Gov't Canyon Mocker is immitating a local
sound, I'm sure you're aware that Mockers also move around and disperse,
often bringing their natal "dialect" and sounds with them. I wrote about a
particularly vivid example of this that occurred on Balcones Canyonlands NWR
in May 2010:
http://www.friendsofbalcones.org/chucks/335519
That was a bird which uttered an amazing array of deep South Texas/Northern
Mexico bird sounds which it could not have learned any closer than 250 miles
from that Refuge.
Chuck Sexton
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