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Dumetella carolinensis
Gray Catbird Its call sounds similar to a mewing house cat but they're also great mimics of other bird songs often follow by a "mew' call
dense thickets, brambles, shrubby or brushy areas and hedgerows, often near water
Often recognizes a foreign egg and ejects it from the nest IF the outsider (Brown-headed Cowbird) gets past its watchful egg in the first place.
Spotted on Jul 28, 2011
Submitted on Apr 15, 2012
8 Comments
alicelongmartin-Thank you! Hope it can be of some help finding or attracting them for you. :-)))
Nice information!
harsuame :-)
if you have reason :)
harsuame-Thank you! They may not be colorful but their songs and mimicking abilities more than make up for any lack of beauty they may have, no? :-)
Thank you! They are and are very good "protection" to have around for other songbirds.
Interesting Bird!
Fascinante hermosa ave con el contraste genial