I’m not sure I’d want to live in a world without the ebullient song of the northern mockingbird. But the email I get from readers at best seeks hints on how to stop them from singing all night long.
I was a bit concerned when a reader wrote to inform me that she was taking up arms against one of our local wildlife species. No, it wasn’t anything dangerous or smelly, like a rattlesnake, killer ...
There are 37 species of Mimidae (mimics) in North and South America. The U.S, has 10 species and three are numerous at Adkins: Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher and Gray Catbird. These birds do not ...
What do the remarkably complex songs of the mockingbird have in common with Tuvan throat singing, Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony," the song "Show Yourself" from Frozen 2, and Kendrick Lamar's "Duckworth" ...
DEAR JOAN: This spring, as last year, I am blessed to have a mockingbird hanging out around my front yard, singing his little heart out in search of a mate. Last year, I saw him do something that ...
The northern mockingbird has been the state bird of Texas since 1927 when the state legislature declared, “WHEREAS, Ornithologists, musicians, educators and Texans in all walks of life unite in ...