Chris's post reminds me that some people were interested in which species I heard the Mockingbird imitate on April 18th when I kept track of the different songs. The 28 species are listed below. Notice that most are present at Spring Green at some point in spring or summer but there are definitely a few that it had to have learned south of here. I think it would be fun if other birders add to this list when they hear him sing songs of additional species. Northern Bobwhite Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Killdeer Solitary Sandpiper Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chuck-wills-widow Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird Common Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Eastern Towhee Northern Cardinal Eastern Meadowlark Baltimore Oriole Tom Prestby Madison > From: korducki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx; wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [wisb] Re: n mockinigbird at spg preserve > Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:29:11 -0500 > > Thanks for the report. This bird did show up about 10 days ago and has been > singing on territory. > > Mark Korducki, New Berlin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris West" <little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx> > To: "[Wisb]" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 8:08 PM > Subject: [wisb] Re: n mockinigbird at spg preserve > > > > > > Let's try this again from my computer rather than my phone.......... > > I don't know if this has been noted yet this year, but there is currently > > a Northern Mockingbird at Spring Green Preserve. It is at the far west end > > of the preserve (turn left at the Signboard) where it was seen last year. > > Hopefully this bird will nest again. > > > > > > > > Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County > > > > http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto > > > > "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its > > first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again > > inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living > > things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before > > such a one can be again." > > > > (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > >> From: little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx > >> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [wisb] n mockinigbird at spg preserve > >> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:57:03 -0500 > >> > >> hi all, don't know he this has been moved yet this year but i am > >> currently at spring green preserve watching a northern mockingbird. same > >> location as last year. probably the same bird.--Chris W, Richland County > >> > >> #################### > >> You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > >> Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > >> //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > >> To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > >> //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > >> Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > >> > >> > > #################### > > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > > Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > > > > > > > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding > Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.