# Northern Mockingbird

[![northern mockingbird in tree.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/northern-mockingbird-in-tree.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/northern-mockingbird-in-tree.jpg)

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-an-american-kestrel-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 1px; background-color: #ecf0f1;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">*A Northern Mockingbird perched in a tree enjoying the morning sun* | 04/01/2023</td></tr></tbody></table>

### **Description**

The American Kestrel is the Americas' smallest falcon. It’s around the size of a Rock Dove (pigeon) and has similar markings on its face as the Peregrine Falcon. I see it most often at the park perched on power lines white it surveys the field. It does this cool maneuver where it flaps fast and hovers in the air while it looks for a meal.

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### <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**Personal stats**</span>  


#### <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**First observation**</span>

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#### **Captured media details**

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</td><td style="height: 29.5px; border-width: 1px;">**Male**  
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### **Experiences &amp; anecdotes**

**05/11/2013** - One of my favorite birds. Its fun scientific name is Mimus Polyglottos. This bird is a true polyglot. I hear it imitate many other bird songs as well as sounds like car alarms. I remember seeing this bird walking along a wall in Koreatown, Los Angeles while I was on a walk through the area. I have seen this bird almost 200 times, and I am surprised I never took the time to record it. I feel since I see it so often, I assumed I already had a recording. So, one will be shared soon.

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### **Captured media**

#### **Photographs**

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">**[![singing northern mockingbird in tree.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/singing-northern-mockingbird-in-tree.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/singing-northern-mockingbird-in-tree.jpg)**</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-an-american-kestrel--1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">A singing Northern Mockingbird</span>*<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);"> | 10/16/2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">[![fledgling northern mockingbird on ground.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/fledgling-northern-mockingbird-on-ground.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/fledgling-northern-mockingbird-on-ground.jpg)</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-a-poofed-up-kestrel-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 29px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*At my old apartment complex I found this fledgling mocking bird exercising its wings*| 10/16/2021</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### **Audio recordings**

- Coming soon!

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### **From my blogs**

- [Mockingbird Songs Versus Jazz Musicians. Who mocked who?](https://becausebirds.com/mockingbird-songs-versus-jazz-musicians-who-mocked-who/)
- [Setting up bird feeders in my backyard](https://becausebirds.com/setting-up-bird-feeders-in-my-backyard/)
- [Painted Buntings and Nesting Scissor-tailed Flycatchers](https://becausebirds.com/painted-buntings-and-nesting-scissor-tailed-flycatchers/)