10 Facts About the Northern Mockingbird (Call/Song, Behavior, Pop Culture, etc.) 

Such a darling bird love to hear it’s vocals. I have seen it chase away a huge red tail hawk many times

I live in NYC, and the range of sounds they can remember and mimic is amazing. There’s a friendly dude who frequents my yard, sometimes sitting a couple feet away just looking around. I’ve heard car alarms, pedestrian crosswalk beeps, low battery smoke detector chirps (my favorite), and more.

Please ask them to stop singing at night all night every night 😭😭😭

Currently have 3 baby mockingbird fledgings in my back yard ☺️ Its like watching animal planet live outside my window. Probably a few more days before they fly away.

Many days ago I noticed every night i go out to the yard the songs of a mockingbird quite close above my head. Everytime I say something or just sing he does such an incredible and different improvisations .

Nice as my state bird I love it.

I put a chaise lounge in my backyard to enjoy some private reading time. A mocking bird would come every day and perch on the wire running into the home. He would sing just to get my attention. He would hop more vigorously to get my undivided attention so he could entertain me. I was a pleasant experience especially because he was so friendly and wanted to entertain.

I saved a hummingbird once from my cat .. he had just somehow caught the bird and had it in her mouth .. but one sec after she caught it I walked out back door and noticed it in her mouth and yelled at her stomping my feet and it startled her making her drop the hummingbird. So I picked it up holding it in my hands looking over it to see if it had any visible injuries and it did not. It had grabbed onto its beak with both feet for some reason. So I carefully peeled one foot at a time off of its beak and was just holding it in my palm I told it it's ok birdie you ok fly go go go and next thing I knew it just took off flying away ...so cool...that was like a real treat for me so to speak not just being able to save the hummingbird but also getting the chance to actually hold one in my hands was pretty damn cool..they so small . Like the size of a silver dollar. What are the odds of ever getting to hd a hummingbird bird in your hands .. thankfully the cats saliva didn't paralyze the bird.. usually all's it takes is like one drop of cats saliva and it will paralyze the bird and they usually won't recover from it.. just thought I would share this story. Enjoy your day .oh and btw I got 3 mocking birds singing right now 24/7 around my house ..

We have mockingbirds around here but didn't know these facts! THanks for sharing! 👍👍

Thank you for the information. We have a nest in a robellini palm tree with a mother and two young chicks just outside our living room window. What a site to see.

I adore and love mockingbirds, they have a beautiful array of songs. Their songs are tranquil, peaceful, and very entertaining to me. I don’t know if any other species of wild birds has such a vast vocabulary. All I know is I love birds and appreciate their awesome songs.❤❤❤❤❤…

Love this bird. Good info. May have been better presented with less music.

#5 - All those musical shout outs, yet “Fly Famous Mockingbird” by Phish was left out. It’s an interesting phenomenon - Phish has written more songs and holds more records than any band in history, yet they are hardly ever mentioned.

Hi J Birds 👋😊 !! Thanks for coming back on YT 🎉👍. Good to hear your news and intentions 👨‍🎓 📚 🎥 🐦. Thanks also for such a well researched and beautifully presented video, most interesting to the end ✅. See you next time, best wishes for 2023. Cheers, Don 🙋‍♂️ !

I had no idea the mockingbird was the state bird to so many states! Thanks for taking the time to make this, great video!

The other day I heard a mockingbird mimic a pileated woodpecker for the first time. And it never occurred to me why I haven't ever heard them mimic this ubiquitous bird, I guess it's a hard one to do. I hope I hear it again

Northern Mockingbird is Florida State Bird. Great to learn more about mockinbirds. Thanks for the video.

I have been feeding a female mockingbird and she has 4 babies. I feel she knows I am feeding her. She does still swoop at me and follows me everywhere. She even sits close by me and fluffs up and stares at me. Although she is eating the food I leave her.

they have an incredible amount of stamina to sing all day long and the variety of chirps they produce is astounding! I’ve been working in my yard and they are just the happiest little birds. so I walked the dogs around the block before sunset and I heard like the angriest sounds coming from two Mockingbird, which caught my attention and I look up and there’s a huge owl in the tree and they were not happy about that owl, and they kept after him until he flew out of the tree and one of those feisty little birds escorted that huge owl right out of the neighborhood

A great video after a very long time, glad to see you here, wonderful upload

I just cannot get past the music. Good info, but rather annoying to listen to.

I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned...the males do an interesting thing to attract females, whereby a male will go onto a tree branch (typically along the end of an upper branch) and 'jump' straight up in the air about 2 feet...and back down on the branch...and repeatedly do this, multiple times, apparently to show how agile they are. I only know this because one day I observed a mockingbird doing this very thing, and I thought 'what the hell??!'... so then I Googled it...

I recently made friends with a mockingbird. She (or he) stood at my empty tray feeder waiting for me to put food out. I had stopped feeding for a short while to deal with the squirrelies. So I went ahead and filled it. She or he proceeded to eat. Then I noticed one or the other hanging out on the electric wires above the alley. They were apparently helicoptering about. Then in my Jasmine bush where I was pulling weeds I found it...a nest with 1 newborn. Sooo cute! I looked at it and went on with my chores. I speak a lot to my poochies and kitties so birds are no different. They were tolerant of me helicoptering the baby. I took a look a couple times a day and talked to it. Then one day it was gone! Broke my heart! So I left the nest alone and maybe one day it will be used again. I am amazed at the nest construction. But today the Mockingbird(s) showed up again on the electric wires. Am crossing fingers.

Mockingbird in my neighborhood is a real asshole. Attacks other birds, especially crows, cats, groundhogs, rabbits, etc, then SINGS about it all day. I talk to him ? and he comes closer and closer daily. Coaxing squirrels and rabbits too., they appear to be listening. Hilarious 😂

theres a nest of this mocking bird outside my window with 3 or 4 little birdies,what can i do to help mom feed them ?😊

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i love the sound of these guys, we have lots of different birds in our yard and a mockingbird was particularly loud last night

Does the Mockingbird have a voice of its own?

I have one that comes and sings daily. Every chance i get I go out and sing with them. I mimic them and they mimic me

The young bird that was sitting on the fence it had a lump above its eye what is that i found one with similar lumps all over its body i had to put a end to it cant have it flying around and getting my chickens sick had to do what i had to do

Thanks for this channel!

I habe many mockingbirds nesting in my Holly bushes. There is one male that comes every spring and summer. I know him because he only knows one song and I think he may be a bit "slow". His song is a bit "simple" compared to the other Mockingbirds. I have to say he is persistent.

My favorite bird!

ayo what was Thomas Jefferson’s bird named???

This is a cute bird. I see one right now and hear him. ❤

Eminem rap song is my favorite

Jejejejeje is music for us eairs😊

I Love these birds. We call them catbirds here in NC.🎶🐦🎶

I made friends with one , here in Arizona Sometimes takes dog food from my hand loves fruit , might be a jay though , Either way it's super intelligent

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I live in rural Arkansas on a farm and have lots of good songbirds including mockingbirds.The 2 types of birds that they seem 2 harass are 2 of my favs which are cards and bluebirds.They are just trying to protect food source IMO.

Thank you this is really helpful for a new mockingbird adopter.

How can I attract mockingbirds to my yard, I live in southeast Missouri

I live in nyc we’ve got a lot of them. They rival house sparrows

So pretty

The mockingbird I have outside my house. Sounds like a wore out fan belt on a vehicle.😂

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Really? A video on mockingbirds and no recording of their melodious singing?

I feel like I have a mocking birds brain!🧠 🐦 Also does that mean that mocking birds have ADD? Like me?! 😂

Misleading video, it's never been northern american mockingbird, it's native to Asia and Middle east, it cannot cross the oceans, the reason why it was introduced by Asian migrants to US. But it's never ever was it native and will never be.

great stuff as always.

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I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!!!

I came here because one of those attacked my cat, I learned a lot, thanks

There's probably some good info here, but the combination of audio problems makes it painful to listen to. Watched a minute and a half

27 Eggs? Na, I would be pooped by then.

Fuckin hate this bird, it’s so annoying it hearing it day and night

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brood parasite brownheaded cow bird or the European starling

These birds make me so mad. They eat all my fruit or ruin them.

My neighbor drew this repulsive breed of bird by putting up bird houses throughout her property. It pricks my fruit and ruins it yearly. I have grown to hate this pesky bird more than any other kind.

Get rid of the background music and speak slowly!

I fucken hate this bird every day and night in my Los Angeles home this mockingbird won’t shut the fuck up and it’s super loud my mom boyfriend shot one down and the next day another popped up even more loud and annoying and is crazy because even now that I’m typing this comment a mockingbird just started chirping wtf what a coincidence