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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.

Yes, it's a Mockingbird.

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Joseph Morlan
Fall Birding Classes in San Francisco start October 28

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

 

 

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The photo shown is Barnie. My faithful and loving companion of 18 years, who passed into the next life on 11-8-2008. God rest her soul! She's missed!

Yes a Mockingbird, Texas's State bird.

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

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The photo shown is Barnie. My faithful and loving companion of 18 years, who passed into the next life on 11-8-2008. God rest her soul! She's missed!

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

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

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

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The photo shown is Barnie. My faithful and loving companion of 18 years, who passed into the next life on 11-8-2008. God rest her soul! She's missed!