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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: ravynne40 on August 14, 2010, 10:24:54 PM

Title: Humber Bay Mocker
Post by: ravynne40 on August 14, 2010, 10:24:54 PM

this morning at Humber Bay Park East, I saw this bird, had NO CLUE what it was..thanks to Clemens for the ID, never seen a mocker in flight or with the wings spread out so this was very cool.
Northern Mocking Bird with berry:

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4891058383_347eae0f45_o.jpg)

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Post by: Photoman on August 15, 2010, 09:57:04 AM

Irene, I think the mocking bird spreads it's wings to scare the bugs on the ground to see them move and catch them when they scatter. Very neat to see them hunt.

Clemens 8)

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Post by: ravynne40 on August 15, 2010, 10:53:55 AM

Clemens, the ruckous he made was amazing, I almost thought he couldn't fly or was injured..was very strange indeed.

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Post by: denis on August 15, 2010, 12:47:26 PM

good behaviour observations.looks like he scared that berry into submission! LOL

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Post by: Misty01 on August 15, 2010, 12:58:05 PM

Great capture, love the berry!

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Post by: Moira on August 15, 2010, 03:36:44 PM

Nice catch Irene.  I haven't been to Humber in some time, but do remember the Mockingbird usually being there.  Only seen him singing away in a tree though :)

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Post by: ravynne40 on August 15, 2010, 04:35:27 PM

Thanks for the kind comments, I find it funny how we see a particular bird in a certain way all the time and then they move....*gasp*...how dare they? and then don't recognize them,
like you Moira, I have always seen them sitting in a tree happily singing not fluttering about attacking berries!

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Post by: Cody on August 15, 2010, 05:23:20 PM

Great shot!

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Post by: JW Mills on August 15, 2010, 06:22:10 PM

Nice catch!
I've seen this behaviour but haven't been able to get a photo.

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Post by: MEGHAN on August 17, 2010, 09:57:18 PM

Nice (different) shot.
Definately pops with the berry.
I loe finding birds doing something unusual...you seem to find them doing that alot...
Meghan