OT weird bird ...

"Memphis Jim" wrote in message
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I don't know; my orthinological credentials have never been verified, but
what you have there is a mockingbird (down here in Memphis, we refer to
them
as catbirds in deference to Harper Lee

The OP's photo is definitely a mockingbird. I'm curious Jim, if you call
mockingbirds catbirds, what do you call a *real* catbird? The catbird looks
somewhat similar (mostly gray, same size), but they have a distinctive dark
'cap' and a *very* distinctive call (like a cat's meow).