[va-richmond-general] Re: Mockingbird?
- From: Catharine Tucker <cath.tucker@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: flyingfish1@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 21:20:30 -0400
What's the possibility this mocker has been eating red berries that stained
his belly feathers when he defecated? Could be pokeberries, elderberries
or Devil's walking-stick berries, or something else in the garden I haven't
thought of!
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:50 PM, <flyingfish1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> You got it right, he's a mockingbird alright, Jim. I'd guess he's been
> dust bathing in red clay dirt, or bathing in a red clay puddle.
>
> Kim Harrell
>
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> *From: *"Jim Blowers" <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To: *"Madden FreeLists.org" <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent: *Sunday, September 21, 2014 7:00:33 PM
> *Subject: *[va-richmond-general] Mockingbird?
>
> Today I saw a bird at Lewis Ginter Garden, in a small tree. I have
> attached a picture. Sure looks like a mockingbird, doesn’t it? And it
> produced songs suggesting a mockingbird. But it has a red underbelly. I
> can’t find any bird with that description; the only other one in Sibley is
> the Bahama mockingbird, and that has stripes. So what is it?
>
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> Jim Blowers
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