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04/11/2005 08:14:42 PM · #1 |
Shot this guy in Norman J. Levy Park & Preserve:
It's a wetland area near Jones Beach, on the south shore of Long Island, 24 miles east of Manhattan.
I'm sure it's a common bird, but I know very little about birds. I'd like to know the species to use for the title of the shot.
Thanks,
Ara
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04/11/2005 08:26:40 PM · #2 |
//www.oceanwanderers.com/Empid.html
?Fly Catcher,,scroll to #3.
Message edited by author 2005-04-11 20:26:47. |
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04/11/2005 08:54:21 PM · #3 |
Don't think it's a flycatcher, seems much too large and not the same markings. Looks familiar but I cannot place it.
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04/11/2005 09:01:50 PM · #4 |
About how big was it? Did it always hold it's tail feathers cocked upward as in your picture?
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04/11/2005 09:14:34 PM · #5 |
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Linkie
Message edited by author 2005-04-11 21:17:04.
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04/11/2005 09:19:09 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Linkie |
Hah, that's it! I knew it looked familiar.
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04/11/2005 09:29:31 PM · #7 |
Looks like a mockingbird to me. State bird of Texas.
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04/11/2005 09:31:29 PM · #8 |
Good call Beagleboy, you nailed it.
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04/11/2005 10:58:35 PM · #9 |
Thanks, guys!
It seemed a bit heftier and more substantial than the shots in Justine's link. It was bigger than a sparrow but smaller in body than a starling. It didn't always have its tailfeathers up, but it wasn't jerking them up and down repeatedly. So, definitely mockingbird?
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04/12/2005 08:37:21 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by BikeRacer:
Thanks, guys!
It seemed a bit heftier and more substantial than the shots in Justine's link. It was bigger than a sparrow but smaller in body than a starling. It didn't always have its tailfeathers up, but it wasn't jerking them up and down repeatedly. So, definitely mockingbird? |
Yes, definitely a mockingbird.
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04/12/2005 03:16:41 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
Yes, definitely a mockingbird. |
Thanks again!
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04/12/2005 03:46:16 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Mary Ann Melton:
Looks like a mockingbird to me. State bird of Texas. |
How apropriate. |
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04/12/2005 04:25:46 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Mary Ann Melton:
Looks like a mockingbird to me. State bird of Texas. |
How apropriate. |
Good one 
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