Well I think it is a Mocking bird!!!
what do ya' think?
Yep, mockers be gray with white wing markings.
Well I guess that means I gotta change the title. In my defense, when it was flying around, it loped like a Mocking bird. I wanted to believe it was a brown one. Guess I'm gonna need a bird ID book.
Get the software from Erv or his nephew, the Frosted Flakes with the free app are all sold out.
If you had heard it's song, you would have known
Chefneil wrote:
Well I think it is a Mocking bird!!!
what do ya' think?
Brown Thrasher, related to Mockingbird and Catbird. All three are mimics.
[quote=Chefneil]Well I think it is a Mocking bird!!!
what do ya' think?[/q
It's a great picture but not of a Mocking Bird. I do believe it is a Brown Thrasher.
Chefneil wrote:
Well I think it is a Mocking bird!!!
what do ya' think?
Nope, color is all wrong...mocking birds are white, gray and black...appears to be a thrasher...nice image.. :thumbup:
[quote=Bill MN][quote=Chefneil]Well I think it is a Mocking bird!!!
what do ya' think?[/q[/quote]
:oops: What happened this was never finished. It's a brown thrasher for sure.
Any suggestions for birding books. Either iPad, or hard copy?
Chefneil wrote:
Any suggestions for birding books. Either iPad, or hard copy?
The one I use the most. Kaufman Field to Birds of North America. Great pictures. Nice vinyl cover and just the right size.
Bill MN wrote:
The one I use the most. Kaufman Field to Birds of North America. Great pictures. Nice vinyl cover and just the right size.
Me too. Also, easier to find unknown birds than most guides, waterproof pages, just the right size for travel, wonderfully organized. I feel the clarity of the computer aided pictures is better than photographs or drawings. Kenn Kaufman is one of America's top authority on birds. Mine has held up well for about 7 years of almost daily use.
I have several other bird guides (Sibley, Stokes, National Audubon Society, Peterson, and National Wildlife Federation Field Guides) but almost always prefer the Kaufman Field Guide. Still, it's nice to have more than one if a photo catches only one view of a bird with identifying marks that might not be in one book but is in another.
Finally, check out the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Guide online at
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search. The Cornell site includes information about behavior, food, and examples of calls among other things. Here is the link to the Brown Thrasher pages:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/brown_thrasher/id .
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