Northern Mockingbird
“An overwintering Northern Mockingbird was seen in Delano Park.”
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An overwintering Northern Mockingbird was seen in Delano Park.
Other Cape breeding mimic-thrush relatives include the Gray Catbird and the Northern Mockingbird.
Other mentionables include, nomadic flocks of 50 or more Robins, Common Ravens, Carolina wrens, Eastern bluebirds, a single Northern mockingbird (Pond Cove) and daily yard visits from Coopers hawks.
Additional birds worth mentioning - three Savannah (Northeastern “Ipswich”) Sparrows hunkered down and a Northern Mockingbird scolded any passerby’s along Pond Cove on the morning of the 9th.
On the morning of February 7, the following birds were seen along our coastline between Kettle Cove and the far fringes of Crescent Beach State park – a solitary Northern Mockingbird guarding his Winterberry throne, a Herring Gull pilfering a Common Eiders hard earned meal (a mussel), two diving Horned Grebes…
On the last day of July along the overgrown fringes of Thomas Knight Park in South Portland, I was surprised to spy two Brown Thrashers and a single Northern Mockingbird making their rounds before retiring.
A Northern Mockingbird also made itself known atop the rocky headland.
On January 7 along Fort Williams’ Cliff Walk I spotted a Peregrine Falcon, a Northern Mockingbird and a male Long-tailed Duck yodeling just off Portland Headlight.
On this same day within Kettle Cove a solitary Northern Mockingbird was guarding his Winterberry throne and as the sun was setting I spotted six Brants foraging on the falling tide for eelgrass and aquatic vegetation.
Because of the bird’s coloring, long tail, fussy manners and ability to mix snips of other birds’ songs together it has been called the “Little Mockingbird.”
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A solitary Northern Mockingbird was also spotted along Fessenden Road, guarding its Winterberry thrown.
These small but might terns are the smallest of their species in the world, comparable in weight to that of a mockingbird.
Additionally, on the snowy late afternoon of December 2 within Crescent Beach State Park, I observed four Greater Scaup, a Red-throated Loon and a Northern Mockingbird fiercely guarding its winterberry fiefdom.