Identification - The Northern Mockingbird is slightly longer than a robin. It is a slim, long-tailed gray bird with medium gray upperparts and light gray underparts. The wings and tail are dark with a white flash at the bend of the wing and the outer tail feathers are white. It shows large white patches on the wings in flight.
Morsels - Both sexes sing during the day but only unmated males sing at night. A male may have a song repertoire as large as 150 or more songs for spring and an equally large, but almost completely different repertoire, for autumn. The older the bird, the more songs it knows. Mockingbirds acquire their songs by imitating the songs and calls of other birds, mammals, amphibians, and even machines. Young mockingbirds begin singing, although quietly, between one and two months of age.
