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 .
nice berry bushes to reel them in!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a Blue Jay...they do have a distinctive call and song. If other birds scatter, it might be...:)JP
ReplyDeleteso pretty & love the red berries
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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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