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ML343775881

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

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Contributor

Magdalena Z Media from this contributor

Date

30 May 2021 eBird checklist S89301585

Location

71 Maltby Road East, Guelph, Ontario, CA (43.488, -80.17)
Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 43.4884843, -80.1695294
Age and sex
Adult Male - 1
Sounds
Call; Song
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

amazing mimicking abilities of various songbirds; singing persistently from different perches (top of a tree or a bush, wire); singing while in flight as well; moving from one perch to another quite frequently; habitat: sideroad with few houses around, mostly open countryside with meadows, agricultural fields, scattered around shrubs and trees

Observation details

Found by Gard Otis; audio recorded; very vocal and active, chasing other birds away from its territory esp American Robins; amazing mimicking abilities; great singer although I'm not sure if I would like it every morning next to my bedroom window. So intense :)

Additional species

  • Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
  • American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
  • Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

Technical information

Recorder
LS11 Olympus
Microphone
wildtronics mono-stereo
Accessories
22" parabola
Original file size
31.15 MB

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