{"id":136754,"date":"2023-05-29T05:38:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T11:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=136754"},"modified":"2023-05-29T05:51:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T11:51:59","slug":"the-songs-of-a-mockingbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/29\/the-songs-of-a-mockingbird\/","title":{"rendered":"The Songs Of A Mockingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"

Something a little different from me today.<\/p>\n

Northern Mockingbirds are known for their incredibly diverse song repertoire. They can learn as many as 200 songs and they often mimic sounds in their environment, including songs of other mockingbirds, songs of other bird species, barking dogs, car alarms and creaky gates. The list is almost endless.<\/p>\n

One theory is that if a female prefers males who sing more songs, a male can top his rivals by quickly adding some of the sounds around him.to his repertoire.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Ten days ago on Antelope Island I found a male mockingbird that seemed determined to sing snippets from his entire songbook. He was singing from a natural perch instead of one of the poop-covered pavilion roofs so I chose to stay with him for quite a while, which provided him a highly appreciative audience. I was photographing him most of the time but I couldn’t resist recording a few short videos of his performance.<\/p>\n

Below are three of them. I thought some of my readers might enjoy seeing and hearing snippets of his recital.<\/p>\n

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