Mockingbird Facts
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The Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), the most wide-ranging and recognized Mimidae species, is a year round resident of most of the continental United States.
Anyone whose yard serves as a host to Mockingbirds knows about their propensity to sing, sometimes all day and night.
Even more amazing is its ability for foreign language singing. Experts estimate that mockingbirds possess the ability to mimic dozens of bird species as well as the sounds of bells, whistles, frogs and other sound producing objects within their range of hearing.
They are territorial birds, often engaged in fights with other bird species that enter their territory. Many are also year round residents of their territory. The northern most population tends to migrate to souther regions during the winter.
Mockingbirds are omnivores, feeding on a diet of local insects, berries and seeds.
Despite some of the fuss associated with them, Mockingbirds are very popular birds, who enjoy posing for pictures.
Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, designate it their state bird.
© 2010 Patricia A. Michaels