Mockingbird

everybody have you heard??

Earth Day at Peoples Self Help Housing in Carpinteria....

 

when PSHH chopped down all the trees in the Camper Park, they destroyed the nests of hundreds of birds...but the upside is the birds are visiting the sycamore in front of my place..starlings, a hawk..and a mockingbird..

the mockingbird is awesome and sings the most beautiful song....every morning since the chop, I awaken to the sounds of music...the bird comes and goes swiftly and is very hard to photograph...

finally I got one to pose! look at those eyes!!

I would have prefered he stay at the Camper Park, his original home with the pines offering more protection, but he's welcome here anytime...

 

 The Northern Mockingbird, the most well known representative of this family above the equator, is known scientifically as Mimus polyglottos, which comes from the Greek "mimus" to mimic, and "ployglottos" for many-tongued. The song of the mockingbird is actually a medley of the calls of many other birds. Each imitation is repeated two or three times before another song is initiated. A given bird may have 30, 40 or even 200 songs in its repertoire, including other bird songs, insect and amphibian sounds, and even the occasional mechanical noise.

The vocal mimicry trait seems to indicate that lyrical flow is an especially potent aphrodisiac in mockingbird circles, although some lonely males warble and whine the whole night through when unable to find a mate.

that bird got soul...