Northern Mockingbird

Description:

A medium-sized songbird, a bit more slender than a thrush and with a longer tail. Mockingbirds have small heads, a long, thin bill with a hint of a downward curve, and long legs. Their wings are short, rounded, and broad, making the tail seem particularly long in flight. Mockingbirds are overall gray-brown, paler on the breast and belly, with two white wingbars on each wing. A white patch in each wing is often visible on perched birds, and in flight these become large white flashes. The white outer tail feathers are also flashy in flight

Habitat:

Guarding the garden from its favorite perch on the rose bush. Large migrating flocks of Cedar Waxwings, Red-winged Blackbirds and Robins have kept this guardian very busy.