More on the mocking bird
Apr. 23rd, 2004 08:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miss_pryssIt occurs to me, as I get ready to go to work and that mockingbird does its thing outside the window, that mockingbirds are the perfect city songbird - because they're every songbird in one! A modern convenience!
For anyone who's never heard one sing, a mockingbird doesn't have its own song - it just imitates other birds (and sometimes car alarms or whatever else is in its environment). Its pattern is to repeat a bird call twice and then move on to another one. And these birdies have incredible range and stamina. They can sing for hours - however long it takes to get a mate. Or pick a fight.
For anyone who's never heard one sing, a mockingbird doesn't have its own song - it just imitates other birds (and sometimes car alarms or whatever else is in its environment). Its pattern is to repeat a bird call twice and then move on to another one. And these birdies have incredible range and stamina. They can sing for hours - however long it takes to get a mate. Or pick a fight.
