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This bluejay-sized bird looks like a mockingbird but is not as rounded as the ones I usually see. Also, it stayed on the ground beneath a bird feeder for a long time unlike the typical mockingbirds here. It turns out to be a juvenile specimen of Northern mockingbird.
Along an inland fresh water canal in western Boca Raton, FL
The photo was taken through patio screening so is not too clear.
Spotted on Jul 18, 2016
Submitted on Jul 30, 2016
3 Comments
It's been a long time since I lived in Mockingbird territory(although if I stay here another ten, they may become an Oregon bird), but a pair used to raise a brood every year in our yucca tree in California
Thanks for the suggestion Karen!
Looks like a juvenile