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).

I was really making a joke more than anything else. It was my long-time
understanding that catbird and mockingbird were just variant names for the
same critter. However, a google search shows that that is not the case.

Let's go back to arguing over whether rainbow trout and steelhead are the
same thing.

Memphis Jim

Larry L wrote:

I have a small gray bird here, with white wing patches that
are very distinct when he flies, and a "sorta 'Jay' look" ( birder I ain't
:-) about him, that is driving me nuts.

I tried to get a photo of him "in the act" but it didn't come out, here is
the best I could do

http://www.kimshew.com/weirdbird.jpg

"The act," and he's been doing this for two months or more, is to fly down
to my truck and flap and hover while pecking at the outside rear view
mirrors ! He does this for hours, some days.

Any of you BirdBuffs out there know what kind of bird he is and have any
idea "why" he does this? Mainly I'm just curious, but it would be nice to
stop him without causing him harm, as he craps all over both sides of the
truck and dirties the mirrors so much I have to clean them nearly every time
I need to drive.


g since his behavior is so aberrant, and I spend so much time deleting the
mess he leaves behind, I've named him after a favorite roffian G


Looks like it might be a Gray Jay? They're called camp robbers here in
CO. Very tolerant of people and like to cause "trouble." They'll steal
food and small assorted objects, often brightly colored ones.

My guess is that he sees himself in the mirror and doesn't like what he
sees!

Willi

Mocking bird. If you hear him/her singing, look for him/her to be at the
highest point - chimney, tv antenna, etc. They'll come to bird feeders -
especially now in cold weather.
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

"Larry L" wrote in message
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I have a small gray bird here, with white wing patches that
are very distinct when he flies, and a "sorta 'Jay' look"
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mockingbird

g since his behavior is so aberrant, and I spend so much time deleting the
mess he leaves behind, I've named him after a favorite roffian G

wayno IS a nice name for a bird. )
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TL,
Tim
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"Tim J." wrote

g since his behavior is so aberrant, and I spend so much time deleting
the
mess he leaves behind, I've named him after a favorite roffian G

wayno IS a nice name for a bird. )
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TL,
Tim

wail, now, son, you done gone and **** in yore hat with me! pick
you'uns a second (make it that sorry assed ol pirate, would be my
suggestion), and name yore weapon. ah will meet you'uns down to the
intersection of 49 and 52, just south of pfeiffer college, about dawn, on
easter mornin' (it'll be a nahce tahm for you'uns to take yore leave,
permanent laahk). any futher communications should be directed to james
macdonald roberts, esq, late of pitt county, north carolina.

yffitons
wayno
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"Wayne Harrison" wrote...
"Tim J." wrote...

g since his behavior is so aberrant, and I spend so much time deleting
the
mess he leaves behind, I've named him after a favorite roffian G

wayno IS a nice name for a bird. )

wail, now, son, you done gone and **** in yore hat with me! pick
you'uns a second (make it that sorry assed ol pirate, would be my
suggestion), and name yore weapon.

Portuguese at 20 paces.

ah will meet you'uns down to the
intersection of 49 and 52, just south of pfeiffer college, about dawn, on
easter mornin' (it'll be a nahce tahm for you'uns to take yore leave,
permanent laahk). any futher communications should be directed to james
macdonald roberts, esq, late of pitt county, north carolina.

Um, never mind. I've heard too many PJR stories. . . shiver
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TL,
Tim
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"Larry L" wrote in message
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I have a small gray bird here, snip

http://www.kimshew.com/weirdbird.jpg

snip

Any of you BirdBuffs out there know what kind of bird he is

snip

without question, what you have there is a mockinbird- also known as the
Mimus Polyglottos- one of my VERY favorites...

Snake

Larry L wrote:
snip bird doo

I was at first inclined to agree with Willie, but after some Googleing
I'm tending to go with the Mockingbird crowd. Check out:

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i7030id.html

Is that it?

Russell

"Larry L" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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SNIP
Any of you BirdBuffs out there know what kind of bird he is and have any
idea "why" he does this? Mainly I'm just curious, but it would be nice
to
stop him without causing him harm, as he craps all over both sides of the
truck and dirties the mirrors so much I have to clean them nearly every
time
I need to drive.

SNIP

To kill a ?

Best not. There are worse things that crappy mirrors.

TL
MC