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

[@Shannon-i6h8s]

Wow . I recently moved to Tennessee and heard my first mockingbird... I began talking to it-telling him how talented he was. thought i was flattering myself- thinking his pausing while I spoke, then continuing to sing- were merely coincidental. But now he comes every afternoon. So l'm not crazy? I really have a bird friend! Thanks guys😊

[@requiemforameme1]

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.

[@jesusbencomo3495]

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 .

[@ramprashad29]

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

[@mikes7446]

Psshhh, beware when they have a nest in you’re backyard

[@erickanew]

Yep I just saw the exact same thing yesterday that's what brought me to the videos. I was so freaking amazed

[@tamarakuklinski4240]

I watched one dive bombing one of my outdoor cats that was coming for food. It was the craziest thing

[@johnandbeckygaar1134]

Hey man, I’m a big bird lover I’ve got Mockingbird galore down here in Georgia is across the street in a big bush in front of the doctors office and he or she has the same nest every year- i’m in a small town, so nobody messes with them. Hopefully they’ll leave the bush there.

[@sammylacks4937]

I got home from work one evening and saw one standing in a fire ant bed stirring I with his beak then eating them. Bon appitite

[@punothebear]

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.

[@Joey0367]

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.❤❤❤❤❤…

[@alexandralauwerijssen4307]

Tranquil?!?!

[@1savdsoul439]

@@alexandralauwerijssen4307Probably not to the under 55 crowd🥴

[@FollowThomas]

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

[@pistonpoppinmama]

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

[@donroy7825]

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 🙋‍♂️ !

[@J_Birds]

Hey Don! Good to talk with you again. Thanks for everything that is very nice of you. Hope you've been well and have a happy new year too!!

[@itzelrodriguez7358]

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.

[@crowdozer]

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

[@leebimsleeleebims9831]

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 ..

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Wow! Thanks for sharing your experience. Brought tears to my eyes. Not only because of the roller coaster of being caught by the cat and wondering if he’s okay, but also imagining the experience of holding such a magnificent but delicate creature in my hands. That must have been very moving. Good job saving him (or her)

[@nicolesaintdenis]

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

[@thetwosaints]

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

[@J_Birds]

It’s my pleasure man thanks for watching the vid and I’m glad you learned something new!

[@noelhaugh5227]

The background music is distracting

[@thetwosaints]

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[@redfishbluefish4973]

#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.

[@brightmooninthenight2111]

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

[@paulazemeckis7835]

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.

[@Fortheloveofbirds2020]

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

[@J_Birds]

Hey thank you so much man I really appreciate that. It’s good seeing your comment pop up again I hope you’ve been well!

[@Lisa-j7s3k]

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

[@TheCatInTheHat6505]

My favorite bird!

[@birddayparties]

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

[@timwoodcock9960]

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.

[@longliveavalon]

Thanks for this channel!

[@jsingersoll]

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

[@sonyas3kids]

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.

[@winnhill3736]

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.

[@victorsierra1983]

Jejejejeje is music for us eairs😊

[@zxcven]

great stuff as always.

[@J_Birds]

Thank you so much!!

[@burnbluefox]

Nice as my state bird I love it.

[@kathigortman4074]

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

[@Joey0367]

Cat birds are a whole different species.

[@aburkhardt1]

So pretty

[@corymunson1083]

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

[@bubblegumelectric1]

Can these guys make a cartoon snoring/snoozing sound? If so, apparently we have one in our front yard.

[@tonypuga2502]

Amor el canto del Cenzontle, pájaro de Cuatrocientas Voces

[@CertifiedShovelOperator]

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 ?😊

[@WillieBeard]

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

[@ehoworka]

Please, NO music. Perhaps a recording of the two hundred mockingbirds songs... softly playing in the background?

[@davidgonzales-vj3jw]

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

[@atis9061]

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

[@melodydow8729]

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

[@Pinkielover]

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

[@danielhoang5895]

LETS GOOOO VIDEO UPLOAD!!!

[@J_Birds]

YESSSSS FINALLY

[@plainjane1812]

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.

[@jdub2378]

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

[@Donna-cc1kt]

Just so you know. They can’t open seeds and like fruit & mealworms. It’s a war if you also have bluebirds.

[@danielhoang5895]

I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!!!

[@J_Birds]

W REFERENCE

[@webstercat]

Does the Mockingbird have a voice of its own?

[@Lisa_Evers]

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...

[@jeffsanford8704]

❤

[@alexandralauwerijssen4307]

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

[@blackberry8615]

lmao

[@cesintheskywithdiamonds]

I actually love hearing them sing all day and night.

[@longliveavalon]

Please ask humans to stop destroying the earth

[@OkaforGerald-o9m]

It's their nature okay u should actually hear them sing sometimes 😅😅😅❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@thetwosaints]

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

[@J_Birds]

Ayo pause🤨

[@thetwosaints]

NEW VID!!!!! JBIRDS FO LIFE

[@J_Birds]

YUHHHHH THATS MY BOY

[@danielhoang5895]

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

[@J_Birds]

That is factual.

[@PeterSolerom]

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

[@gwshelton4875]

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 😂

[@sedonars1]

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

[@efraingl3z55]

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

[@thetwosaints]

jbirds stands for Jerrells and Jazz if you cant watch without the jazz then you aint a true jbird fan

[@dagoodboy6424]

I kinda like it

[@mzimmma]

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.

[@jjhuffstutler338]

It is now haha

[@ingeniousmechanic]

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

[@aburkhardt1]

Eminem rap song is my favorite

[@thomas-qp9uo]

brood parasite brownheaded cow bird or the European starling

[@ledestroyer22]

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

[@brunojones2308]

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

[@WalknTalknStevnHawkn]

cope and seethe, landwalker

[@bcraigphelps2649]

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.

[@BuddyHill-jr5px]

Get rid of the background music and speak slowly!

[@calvs420]

Listen faster

[@thetwosaints]

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[@thetwosaints]

this might help ^^^

[@jonathanzamoran3241]

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