Northern Mockingbird

It’s time to have a few words about the “guardians” of my backyard. The reason why I call them guardians is simply because the do guard the safety of most birds in my backyard.

By position themselves at key points where they have good sight of the area, they sound the alarm if any outsider poses any danger on the bird community. There are times when it’s not enough just sounding and alarm, they also proceed to confront the intruder, (see photo) The Northern Mockingbirds are ok in my book, true heroes, I tip my hat to them.

11 thoughts on “Northern Mockingbird”

Bob Zeller on April 3, 2012 at 8:20 am said:

The state bird of Texas, H.J.

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- avian101 on April 3, 2012 at 9:08 am said:
  
  Great! Thanks! 🙂
  
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tootlepedal on April 3, 2012 at 11:50 am said:

It’s a very handsome bird.

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- avian101 on April 3, 2012 at 11:57 am said:
  
  Yes! They are handsome and brave! Thanks for your comment! 🙂
  
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jmgoyder on April 3, 2012 at 9:54 pm said:

I need some mockingbirds as we have crows everywhere!

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- avian101 on April 3, 2012 at 10:46 pm said:
  
  🙂
  
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Lisa Rest on April 4, 2012 at 11:19 am said:

This is beautiful. I love Mockingbirds. We rarely see them here. Thanks for the post!

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- avian101 on April 4, 2012 at 11:43 am said:
  
  Thanks for the comment Lisa! N. My blog has many pictures of them because I see them daily, all year! How can I refuse to photograph them! 🙂
  
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  - Lisa Rest on April 5, 2012 at 10:14 am said:
    
    Well I guess it’s my job then to take pictures of the crows!
Russel Ray Photos on April 8, 2012 at 5:07 am said:

The ones around here like to do a lot of singing, too. Them, the mourning doves, and the house finches.

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- avian101 on April 8, 2012 at 2:46 pm said:
  
  Mockingbirds can sometimes full you and sing a song from a different bird. They’re great imitators! 🙂
  
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