Help Me Identify a Bird

Re: Mockingbird, maybe

jbm32206 — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:05:05 GMT

Jim Penny:
I knew that I would hear from some more of my Southern peers. The Mockingbird is the State Bird of several Southern States.

Yeah, it is and there was an effort in Florida to change ours to the Florida Scrub Jay, but the effort never really went anywhere...wish it had

Re: Mockingbird, maybe

Jim Penny — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:39:22 GMT

I knew that I would hear from some more of my Southern peers. The Mockingbird is the State Bird of several Southern States.

Re: Mockingbird, maybe

johnthemon — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:10:23 GMT

Thank you all for the confirmation. It was the apparent brown color that made me doubt my first impression.

Re: Mockingbird, maybe

jbm32206 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:01:53 GMT

It's also Florida's state bird...we have tons of them here

Re: Mockingbird, maybe

Jim Penny — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:41:16 GMT

Yes a Mockingbird, Texas's State bird.

Re: Mockingbird, maybe

jbm32206 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:01:19 GMT

I adjusted the color, and enlarged it...so you can see that it's a mocking bird

Re: Mockingbird, maybe

Joe Morlan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:16:26 GMT

Yes, it's a Mockingbird.

Mockingbird, maybe

johnthemon — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:07:04 GMT

Need help identifying the bird in this gallery:

http://www.whatbird.com/forums/photos/johns_mockingbird_maybe/default.aspx.

These pics were taken at sunset, so the color cannot be trusted. My first impression was Northern Mockingbird. I always identify a mocking bird by its gray color, its many calls and/or those bold white bars in its wings and tail that flash when it flies.

Can't trust the color due to warm sunset lighting. Bird didn't sing while I was there. Never saw it fly.

What's a birder to do? I know. I'll ask WhatBird regulars for help.