The many-voiced mockingbird - a unique bird. It got its name because of the ability to imitate the voices of all animals, birds and even humans.
One farmer told how a mockingbird nearly drove his pets crazy. The bird built a nest in the thickets of loach literally next to the entrance to the house. The clever bird quickly learned to cluck like a chicken and easily imitated the squeak of a lost chicken, which caused the laying hen to agitate. After some time, the mockingbird mastered another sound: the whistle. With such a whistle, the farmer usually called the dog for a walk outside the farm. Hearing the call of the owner, the dog joyfully rushed to look for the owner, who at that time was not at home either. Further more. March approached, and the many-voiced mockingbird (a bird apparently possessing a sense of humor) began to reproduce the sounds of a loving and yearning cat. All local cats responded to the loud call, but for a long time they could not understand where the lady in love was calling and where she was hiding.
Mockingbird - a talented bird
Scientists believe that a mockingbird is the most songbird in the world. Her own, inimitable, singing is very pleasant with her: rhythmic measures, including up to 6 tones, can flow for an hour. A mockingbird sings so varied that his singing is often mistaken for a whole chorus of voices. Only specialists can quickly understand what only a mockingbird sings.
Mockingbird, the photo of which is given in this article, and imitates better than many of its brethren. One day, observers heard how in ten minutes a mockingbird reproduced the singing of 32 birds. In total, the repertoire of the "average" mockingbird is about 200 songs. It is interesting that mockingbirds live perfectly in captivity, and their “repertoire” is becoming even more extensive. There are individuals who know how to grunt, moo and even imitate the sounds of a working hair dryer and mixer.
Who is a mockingbird?
The bird is a member of the passerine family. An interesting fact: it flies in small arcs and during the flight it folds up and opens its tail exactly like the wands do. And he jumps on the ground exactly like a blackbird. It turns out that even the movements of a mockingbird copy other birds. Mockingbird is friendly and aggressive at the same time. These birds of the passerine family can settle near houses and farms, on sandy glades and in thickets of shrubs among fields. Sometimes birds settle in the forest. Mockingbird becomes aggressive with the advent of chicks. At this time, he attacks everyone (even a person) who is trying to get closer to his nest made of shreds and leaves, lined with soft rags from the inside (where does he find them?). These small grayish-brown birds with an almost white abdomen and a black beak bent down are extremely dangerous at the time of the attack, although they do not grow more than 25 centimeters.
Where does a mockingbird live?
Mockingbirds are native Americans, they are common from Canada to Mexico and the Caribbean, but more birds like the territories located between Florida and Texas. These states, along with the Mississippi and Arkansas, consider mockingbirds to be their national treasure. Even lullabies are dedicated to them. The mockingbird family has about a dozen “relatives”: burospin, tropical, Bahamian, Patagonian, etc. The most “talented” of them is the many-voiced mockingbird, which is discussed in this article.
