Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Wild Bird Wednesday - a Singer

This beauty is serenading from the trees in the front yard and feasting on the berries of the viburnum next to the house.  I hear its distinctive song and grab the camera, mostly only to see a flash of white tail feathers as it flies away.  Its back is a soft grey-brown and undercarriage a grey-white.  A rather large bird, but not quite as big as a mourning dove. Wings are short in contrast to the tail; beak is short and dark.  The examples of song birds that I saw on the Cornell University all about birds website didn't have didn't have the prominent dark markings on the head as this one does.  Anyhoo!  I'm thinking a Northern Mockingbird?  What say you?

Here are the viburnum berries that the birds are loving right now:


Linking to Wild Bird Wednesday .

4 comments:

  1. nice berry bushes to reel them in!

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  2. Looks like a Blue Jay...they do have a distinctive call and song. If other birds scatter, it might be...:)JP

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  3. so pretty & love the red berries

    Happy Independence Day!

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  4. I'm the pits at bird ID - this is actually a blue jay. I've since gotten a pic of the singer. It's those white tail feathers that threw me--ahemmm!

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