[va-richmond-general] Re: Mockingbird repertoire

  • From: Ben Griffon <bengriffon@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 05:57:13 -0700 (PDT)

On my way into work this morning, a mockingbird was
singing on a lamp post. In quick succession, he
imitated an Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher,
Carolina Wren, Killdeer, and Red-Headed Woodpecker.
The woodpecker and flycatcher calls were almost
identical to the real thing.

Ben

--- Heron329@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I think I remember something from Dr. Blem's
> ornithology class that they add 
> songs as birds arrive during spring migration.  So
> the birds you heard the 
> mockingbird singing might have arrived or passed
> through.
> Margaret O'Bryan
> 
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