2 years ago
What type of bird is this?
This is a picture of my new neighbor that has arrived within the past 2 weeks to my backyard bird feeders here in New Hampshire and I am new to birdwatching so I do not know what species this is. Can you tell me about the habits, range, and of course the name of this bird species?
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Specifically american it seems to be the Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis. They get their name from catlike mewing. They are found in Canada and the US. This May is their breeding season. They eat berries, fruit and insects. They are migratory and head south in winter. The birds mate for life and defend their nest territory.
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There are catbirds in my yard too. They tend to be shy and skulky birds, as well as being a quiet color, so they are a bit hard to observe, usually. Just the other day I was picking a few mulberries from a mulberry bush and a catbird came and grabbed one too.
Gray Catbirds are relatives of mockingbirds and thrashers, and they share that group’s vocal abilities, copying the sounds of other species and stringing them together to make their own song. This makes them difficult to identify by their song alone as the variance from bird to bird can be quite dramatic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MreTlO5avZw&feature=related@buddawiggi, you might enjoy this website as your getting into birdwatching
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1143