My impression is that many, perhaps most, Northern Mockingbirds in our area are here year-round, setting up winter territories centered on supplies of small fruits. The more northern part of their range does withdraw in winter according to eBird. A better question about repertoire would be for Brown Thrashers which do leave here in the winter.
--Dave Nutter On Jun 07, 2014, at 08:26 AM, Richard Tkachuck <rictkal...@gmail.com> wrote: > A mockingbird has selected our house as a place to display his wide variety > of sounds from early morning until the sun sets. This has raised some > questions. > 1, How large a collection of different sounds can one bird make? > 2. I recognize some of the sounds. Would a cardinal be confused in hearing > his call? > 3. Are the sonograms of a mockingbird and a cardinal about the same, or can > you tell them apart. > 4. Mockingbirds migrate. Can you tell where they spent the winter by the > songs they sing? > 5. Do mockingbirds make calls of predators like owls or hawks? > > Thanks, > Richard Tkachuck > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > BirdingOnThe.Net > > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
