I have just come across your videos today in looking for something else (about flickers.) I’ve watched a few so far and am already hooked! I love how these are informative and at the same time laced with light-hearted humor. When I lived in Providence there was a mockingbird who would keep me company all day long, every day, perched in a short tree and belting out (and showing off) his extensive repertoire. I fell in love with the spunky little guy. I grew up with them in Baltimore, too-strangely, I have yet to come across any in Connecticut (though I have many other varieties to keep me entertained!) When you said at the end of this video that the birds sing not just because they’re programmed to do so but also because they enjoy it, that filled me with indescribable joy-to where my eyes filled with tears. You just made my day. I always felt as though that were so but thought perhaps I was anthropomorphising. Thank you so much and look forward to more watching!

We just moved to Tennessee and we keep hearing a bird that sounds like a fire alarm. Now I understand! This is their state bird and they are noisy little things in the morning. But, they always bring a smile to our faces. Thank you for sharing!

Those of us who can hear the mockingbird’s springtime music are lucky indeed. It wasn’t until we visited Texas that I discovered it, and decided that that alone was reason to move south.

I learn so much from these well-written and narrated videos. The sights and sounds of the birds are just gorgeous. Thank you!

I'm visiting Florida and have been blessed to witness (and hear) a male mockingbird for the first time in my life!! I'm totally in love with this bird. Thank you for such an informative video.

I used this video to confirm what my I saw. I was out for a walk today and I hear what sounds like a hawk. I look around and I see a gray bird and the sound is coming from it. Out of nowhere a real hawk swoops in and the gray bird flies away, but it's screeching like a hawk. I couldn't believe it. Little did I know that that bird was a mockingbird

I have one near my house who sings every night around 10PM. Just after the local kids are done setting off their fireworks. He's so loud and never sings the same tune twice. Great vocal range too. The Freddie Mercury of the bird world!

My favorite bird, even if he does belt it out at 1 am sometimes. Thanks for sharing. :)

Living here in Scottsdale Arizona. It's past midnight here and stepping outside I was rewarded, as long as I could tolerate, the Mockingbirds almost perfect non-stop act. Came inside and thirty minutes later, can hear him banging away at his routine outside through these walls. Good luck to him!

I am a natural born musician. People say I play by ear. 10,000 hrs. Of practice later and I agreed with them. One morning I woke up to the sound of a bird singing. Singing every song bird and hawk and blue jays and what the heck is that?. My first encounter with the mockingbird taught me what and many who I am. Your narrative in this video is witness to my conclusions about musicians that play by ear. Natural phenomena.

The endless songsters who just moved in, have me unconsciously humming along with their song.

Thank you for creating this marvelous and informative video. I noticed one day that this bird was singing twenty five totally different songs before it would repeat any if them, which had me looking up in awe. You compressed so much valuable information in a small amount of time, just like the Mockingbird does--- and melodically too. I've been searching high and low for such a quality resource. That stunning bird deserves a Grammy, and you, a Nobel Prize. Thank you x 10. (Poet, Robert Laird).

Thank you so much for putting this video together and sharing with the World. I live in Riverside, CA. We are full of Mockingbirds. We have a region just outside the City known as Mockingbird Canyon. We're all lovers of our Mockingbirds !! Mine do the cat meow constantly and we neighbors love it! Oh and I also love you're voice. Look into VO if you're interested. Bye

my neighbor’s children scream all the time when they play, and one day i was out in my hammock (on the opposite side of the house) and heard the screaming above me in the trees. I saw a gray bird up high, must’ve been one of these dudes that picked up the noise!

Mockingbirds set up a nest in my yard and I am so excited!! 😊😊

These birds are incredible and so sweet. Thank you for sharing. I love your videos!

I’m in Texas and I live outside of the city thankfully. We have a few different bird families in our yard (and a hawk and some crows that visit as well) . I love watching and listening to these birds. They’re so interesting

Another great video. Thank you Jo!

Excellent! Love these birds & never knew this. Thank you!

Terrific job, thanks for the even keeled and delightful story of the way the mockingbird!

This is the Texas state bird. Living in Texas I can confirm this bird is fierce I've seen them chase hawks and take on snakes. And on a short note they will mimic and sing all day long.

Since we moved to South Carolina in 1995, I have been fascinated by these birds. Invariably, one is sitting on a high branch or pole, singing song after song without tiring! They were nasty to our cat and would chase her across the lawn. I swear, we had one bird that could match a pitch or a short tune if I whistled it. Try whistling the next time you have one nearby and see how it responds - maybe not by imitation, but by changing his tune.

I thoroughly enjoyed this - thank you for making it. :)

I’m no bird watcher but Love mockingbirds . Thank you 🙏🏻 for this information !👍

A favorite I admire Jo for all the traits you mention. An impressive songster with a few licks of his own. Thank you for another wonderful film!

We call these catbirds where I'm from. It's my most favorite little bird in the world.💛🐦

Incredible instincts! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for another informing and entertaining piece.

I was thinking of you today. I was excited to see your movie pop up!! I will just say , I think this movie is fascinating!! I learned so much about the mockingbird. Loved this movie 😃💖

I always get a kick out of the mockingbirds mimicking car alarms in my neighborhood

Hi, thanks for the great video. We live in northern Az, in the juniper forests, where we see these all summer. I recognized them from their singing, but thanks to your video I now know that they are also the bird with white stripes on it's wings. Thank you for helping me bring it together.

Mockingbird da bes. They are a lot prettier when their feathers are all grown out too. Not only talented but beautiful.

Very beautiful and interesting movie Jo. Enjoyed watching and listening. Have a great weekend. Best regards, Knut.

I have been trying to figure out what type of bird teases my dogs out in the backyard. I have gotten some good looks at the feathers and took me a minute and I figured out it most resembles a mocking bird. After watching your video this confirms the behavior I am seeing! How funny! It does this same taunting behavior at my dogs in the backyard flapping wings and teasing my dogs to chase it then flying off! HOW FUNNY! This was a great video! Thank you!

Thanks jo for this video. I googlef this question and your wonderful video popped up ❤

I loved your narration

Thanks for your narration, i learned a lot

Aww, I love Mocking birds!! ❤💕

I fell in love with an injured female mockingbird about 3 years ago. She was missing a foot. She had lots of trouble balancing on tree branches and telephone wires. She would come to me when I whistled knowing I would feed her. I worried so much about her. Then one day a male showed up. He defended her many times as she was often feeding on the ground. He would come too when I whistled but was more cautious than her and kept a protective distance. Four days ago I heard a hawk attack. I heard the loud swooshing of wings and I knew, I just knew the hawk had attacked my sweet girl. Her mate and I called and looked for her for two days. He sang his heart out while perched high in a walnut tree. I had never heard him sing before. He stayed in his sentry position even while it poured down rain. I saw him hopping all around her favorite bush calling for her. He now comes when I whistle but I can tell he is looking for her to come too and it’s if he is looking at me for answers. I found the spot of her attack and her beautiful feathers were scattered in a perfect circle. Her mate no longer seems to be searching for her and he has quit singing. I have taken down my feeders as I didn’t realize I had unknowingly attracted this predator to my yard. I don’t know if her mate loved her because of her injury or in spite of it. I hope he stays.

Last year a Cooper's hawk flew in my yard & strangled one of my Mockingbirds. He tore out all of her feathers & then flew away with her in his grip. I felt so helpless. It took so long! All of the other birds were squawking & flying around. There is simply nothing you can do to stop it! I think it was you that said " This isn't a Disney movie." Thanks-

Love it ;-)

Our local mockingbird sang all night for most of the summer. One day I saw a pile of feathers in my lawn and the mockingbird was no more, I assumed a cat hat gotten him but thinking back perhaps it was a hawk, I see Coopers Hawks on an old dead tree a couple houses away perched quite often watching.

Good video.

Thanks for the video! Just rescued a young fledgling NM in Hawaii! Do the females also vocalize like this? And should I release it where I know there are others or will it naturally find them?

U r THE BEST Jo🐥

I have heard Mocking birds quack like a duck.

Yeah, one of mine went from imitating a barn owl one day to imitating a fire truck the next. What are you going to do?

She doesn't settle for a drunk on a karaoke stage.... LOL!

we had one around that did a cellphone ring.

I heard some bachelor's cantata at 2am here while trying to pee... sometimes they imitate the frogs from the local lake =_= so silly

These look nothing like our Mockingbirds in Colorado. Ours are black, huge, the size of a large crow, with great white streaks down the top of the wing and a cobalt blue patch on the back at the base of the neck.

These guys are the honey Badgers of the avian world. . 2 years ago/Florida keys (lived): commotion outside (imagine how loud a bunch of birds have to be to get you outside ...🧐).. I go outside. Huge red-tailed hawk attacking mourning dove nest (peak of our roof). Doves watching from afar, nothing they could do. 7 Crows and 2 mockingbirds, dive bombing, screeching, buzzing, just mobbing the hawk relentlessly. Hawk has to leave, all 9 of the birds chased'em off, and kept on right after him! I swore i was on national geographic..!! Never looked at crows, nor mocking birds the same. Thing is, the mockingbirds were completely dwarfed by the crows, imagine what they looked like next to the hawk..👀 But, they didn't care. Their agility dwarfed the crows. Loud ass fuck too... Love those birds...😍😍😍

Most of the day and at times most of the night! Not to bad unless it’s outside your bedroom window!

How can I tell the difference between male and female in Mockingbird?.

A drunk on a karaoke stage 😂🤣. Love your videos Jo!

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I have one mockingbird that I have been able to see in my yard. He is or she is a bully. Lol They are always scrapping with the other birds..

Birds are way past us humans in that reguard. Us people..we'll take bout what ever is available close by.

Wow a female mockingbird has higher standards than your average modern day woman

Apply this model to men and women and you'll understand what man and wife both want. 😀

So, the mockingbird's song is a form of virtue signalling? An otherwise largely meaningless display is used to convey a message about overall health and vitality?