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Anonymous

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on: August 12, 2009, 04:53:50 PM
I'm thinking it's a juvenile Mockingbird, any other suggestions??



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Reply #1 on: August 12, 2009, 05:41:44 PM
Juvenile Mockingbird is a much lighter gray and it has streaking on its breast.
Gray Catbird
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Reply #2 on: August 12, 2009, 05:59:08 PM
Definitely a Gray Catbird.  The first photo is great.  :D
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Reply #3 on: August 12, 2009, 06:48:14 PM
Thanks folks, another one that I've never seen before. :)

Hopefully I'll be able to catch an adult sometime this summer before they fly south.
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Reply #4 on: August 12, 2009, 08:55:26 PM
Aside from looking quite ruffled, I don't see anything that suggests this isn't an adult.  They are very plain.

Catbirds are closely related to mockingbirds so your first guess was close.

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Reply #5 on: August 13, 2009, 08:03:53 AM
Thank Brian - I was thinking immature since it didn't have the very defined colour characteristics of the adult bird which I thought it was.

Possibly just going through a molt??
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