Northern Mockingbird

What the Northern Mockingbird lacks in bright colors, it makes up for in vocal prowess.

[@cindys6775]

I had a cockatiel that would have a conversation through the window with a mockingbird every morning. After my cockatiel died the mockingbird would come to the window looking for him for a couple of weeks. I still hear it in the trees sometimes mimicking the cockatiel sound.

[@SlayerOfTheDamned]

Spery for your loss.

[@OneShroomTooMany]

Thank you for sharing. I’m sorry for your loss 😢🙏🏾

[@gregbradshaw7220]

That’s beautiful. Energy lives on after them

[@Rushhing1itch3r]

Display offend you but he’s dead right, so if you hear him from the mockingbird that would kinda be creepy

[@cindys6775]

@@Rushhing1itch3r I’m sorry, I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Who’s offended and what is who right about what?

[@Geospasmic]

I have one very enthusiastic mockingbird going through his songbook outside my window right now, at 12:30 AM. Mockingbirds have no respect for people's sleep schedules.

[@ryansmith2814]

Its soothing. Ive learned to love the one in my tree

[@Geospasmic]

@@ryansmith2814 I don't mind most of the time, just when I have to sleep. It's definitely cool though.

[@matthewalkman3735]

They are attracting a mate. Thats very important to them, obviously.

[@JoseGranny]

There’s one outside my window too! That’s why I had to look it up. It’s two in the morning. 😆

[@XX-121]

i had one last year that mimicked the whistle i would do for my cat. i noticed it more at night when it's kinda quiet. when it noticed me out there it would start making the whistle. prob pissed my cat off.

[@JoseGranny]

It’s 2am and I thought a car alarm was going off and woke me up. Nope, just this bird.

[@Drawkcabi]

I had to research and learn what exactly this bird was. Every year we have lots of them building nests in the bushes and trees around here. But one year this particularly feisty one built a nest in a tall tree in our front yard. Every day when I'd go out with my dog, when my dog would go over by the tree the mockingbird would hop down and make threatening trills at my dog. Not only that, it turned its back on my dog fanning its tail out. I thought it was the funniest thing. My dog just ignored it as she sniffed around the tree, while the mockingbird trilled louder and louder, and more mockingbirds from other nests in the area came over and also tried to distract my dog away from the tree. Every day for a few weeks it did this! One day about a month into summer I went out with my dog. The mocking bird didn't come out of the tree, but I saw it in the middle of the cul-de-sac and there were these four other things around it that, from the distance I was looking, looked like big white grass hoppers. Then the mockingbird flew towards a neighbor's yard and the "grasshoppers" ran after it. They were the newly hatched babies of course. Also, no kidding about being nocturnal on moonlit nights! On cool nights in the Spring when I sleep with the window open, there's bushes right outside and they make a racket! Also, a few times I got fooled. Again with my dog, she'd have to go out at night to do her business. So I'd walk her around the house. It'd be a nice night, the moon bright in the sky and I'd see something white in grass. I thought it was a crumpled up napkin blown in from a neighbor's yard. Then we'd get closer to it and it would take off running and flying but staying close to the ground and trilling loudly. Very startling at night, you don't expect to see birds out and active like that! All in all, fun little birds with big personalities!

[@tehutimes1]

I like the dinosaur/reptilian appearance of their eyes & singing skills. You do know owls & nighthawks fly at nite.

[@NE_Pigeons]

So this is the bird that's chirping at 3 AM in the summer when I am trying to sleep...

[@nope2075]

Yeah, I definitely have a northern mockingbird outside my window all night. Has to be. Lol. I want to sleep 😭

[@zackmeaders6199]

There's a cat that hangs out at my apartment building, and a particular Northern Mockingbird that is always bothering it, sometimes multiple birds. Swooping down to try to strike the cat and constantly making a cawing type noise. I looked it up in an Audubon Field Guide and they specifically mention that this species likes to "mob cats"

[@JamieNotLamie]

Just saw one of these for the first time at my feeders! Awesome video. Everytime I see a new bird, I learn everything I can about it with reading and videos, and your video was the only one I could find! Thanks.

[@tangledandfar]

One day I was taking a walk around the neighborhood and all of a sudden a cat appeared running full tilt toward me down the middle of the street being chased by a mockingbird. I burst out laughing.

[@VolkanYuksel]

It's great that they can even scare a cat :)

[@tangledandfar]

@@VolkanYuksel From what I've observed they seem to be fearless. I have seen them chase hawks and attack people when nesting : )

[@VolkanYuksel]

@@tangledandfar wow, so fearless. The ones around us here in South Florida are shy for now :)

[@chadsem]

My favorite is when they mimic a duck, quail or toad! So hilarious and spot on!

[@JessieMartinez559]

I could sit and listen to these birds for hours. I’m glad that there’s an abundance of them here in Fresno, California and that I got my wife into them. They somehow seem to announce the arrival of spring.

[@robertoconnor1610]

It is nice to see all of these nice posts about Northern Mockingbirds but my story is different. I was doing yardwork and the Northern Mockingbird who is nested in my tree is harassing me to the point that when I was washing my car it literally flew down and bit me on the keister. They are fearless and very territorial. It did not draw blood but for a minute I thought I was in a Hitchcock movie without the the benefit of seeing the beautiful Tippi Hedren.

[@pugle1]

Only seen them a few times over a 30 year period here in Southern Ontario. A male decided to take up residence at my place of work. I love listening to him doing a Northern Green Frog, Blue Jays, Herring Gulls, Red Winged Back birds, Ravens and Crows and such. I want one in my backyard. I wish there was a way to attract them. With a Northern Mocking Bird, you get all your local species in one plus some others that don't get as far north as this. My new favorite bird.

[@hobbycow5346]

I live by the bay where there are dozens of eagles, and there's a mockingbird in the tree in our front yard that does a perfect eagle. I'll stand out front and wait for him to do it...lol. He's noisy but incredibly entertaining.

[@paristexas72]

thank you for this video. I now know what bird is nesting in my flamingo willow tree

[@kathykampa5445]

We saw a Northern Mockingbird here in Irvine doing the mating dance while singing. Beautiful!

[@hugohugo990]

Not as beautiful when they're singing at 2am right next to your window 😅

[@steffie0383]

My mockingbird is mocking a hawk....keeps making me think there's a hawk nearby....never would of thought he would use this call...?

[@j.dragon651]

He may be using it as an alarm if there is a predator near by.

[@jaspernatchez]

I've been listening to and recording mockingbirds for years. I personally do not believe they are only hearing other birds and mimicking. I believe they are also improvising.

[@flashlitestriker4028]

Excellent video documentary!

[@joannlagasse5081]

This helped me identify the bird in my backyard.. thank you!

[@TOYCH]

Haha you're probably wondering, like I do, when the hell do these things sleep? 🤣

[@hucks1000]

I love mockingbirds!

[@jethrobodine1293]

Have a mockingbird living in tree next to my home, good in the start, but wears on the soul after awhile.

[@kathik2262]

They might be small but they're fierce. I saw one in my front yard dive-bombing a squirrel for a considerable distance, starting from a tree, past my lawn and across the street. The squirrel must have gotten too close to the nest. I was impressed.

[@palm0607]

Their was 2 battling each other this morning....going back and forth between calls....it was maddening....but I enjoyed it lol

[@what-qr7wp]

0:02 i like that bird sound

[@amadomarquez1198]

What is the name of that bird?....

[@freeroamer9146]

White-throated Sparrow

[@what-qr7wp]

@@freeroamer9146 Thanks dude

[@erikbelanger4551]

I put out a mealworm feeder they love it. They wait for me every morning.

[@deborahwallace658]

I sit at work looking out the window, and I've noticed this semi white tailed bird. I've been in awe of it and have been trying to figure out a way to find out what kind of bird it is. I took a video and then used google Lens, and now I know what it is. It is a pretty bird

[@goognamgoognw6637]

I recognize that 'tchac' sound we have many northern mockingbird here. I don't hear any of their imitative singing. They are often seen going after crow's feathers chasing them in flight relentlessly. They look as if they own the neighborhood. They are prolific insect hunters. When they nested inside a thick bush near my window i could see them coming and going with food every minute endlessly. After the young hatch and grow the juvenile are a lot of fun to watch. They will not fly anywhere far usually walk on the ground and stretch their wings like butterflies do sitting on a flower probably learning that insect scare technique. Then the parents still come and feed them it's fun to see the skilled parent landing near the juvenile and giving it a worm then fly away while the young continues to explore around. There were 4 juvenile hang out in a group. They look bigger than the parents which is common. These birds are hard workers to feed so many youngs. The parents do order them around and watch after them. Both parents work together. They're an interesting family. I never got pecked by them. They do evaluate you carefully if you're outside they will look at you and they want you to know of their presence. If you acnowledge them talk to them they will trust you. But if you ignore them and walk straight to their nest you will be permanently tagged. I believe they can recognize different humans.

[@johnharrill1]

I have always loved Mockingbirds!

[@CYA_IM_L8]

Very informative and interesting video, thank you for sharing!

[@kelsic5897]

These guys are super territorial! They make me laugh when I see them chasing big birds or swooping down has we walk our dog. Better watch out or they'll peck your head or back!

[@straightflexin9598]

Mockingbirds just wants to make people happy with their beautiful songs :)

[@aagaverageatgaming6746]

brooo this video was posted on my birthday

[@jiggymoondust]

Completing with blue jay as biggest troll birds

[@edstella]

Yes, but from what bird watchers I have read from online, Blue Jays are massive, aggressive jerks to the other birds and basically anything alive. Mockingbirds just sing at weird times!

[@Tirryna]

These guys have accents/ dialects. I know this because I've lived in AZ, OK, MS and TN... They have completely different songs...though the TN and MS mocking birds had similar songs.

[@commissaryarrick9670]

The mockingbird is the state bird of Mississippi ,Tennessee ,Texas , Florida and Arkansas

[@fishehunteral2280]

In Los Angeles my whole life. At 33 years of age I am barely appreciating the audio mockingbirds bring into this world. Time to go back and read “to kill a mockingbird”...

[@Amelia-dx1ix]

Thank you! I saw one of these little guys guarding a crabapple tree at the local college, singing his varied song. :D

[@edhuslik]

I have one outside my house. Is endlessly singing when I go to bed and is still making a racket until sunrise. Grrrr.....

[@marthaletherwood3671]

Wow! And here, all this time, I thought it was the SOUTHERN mockingbird! I moved from Alabama to Portland Oregon, & really miss this family. Mockers are Susan Boyle of birds, & all of their

[@marthaletherwood3671]

... all of family can put on a really good show. Maybe they'll come up here on their concert tour.

[@henzcarltupastupas6751]

🎶 Tra -lala lala Tweedle dee dee gives me a thrill, to welcome in the morning of the Mockingbirds hill. When the sun in the morning peeps over the hill, and kisses the roses on my windowsill, and my heart fills with my gladness when I heard the thril of the birds of the treetops on mockingbird hill. Tra lalala tweedle dee dee gives me a thrill, to welcome in the morning of the mockingbird hill🎶🎶🎶

[@matthewalkman3735]

THEY ARE SO SWEET!!!!

[@carolynpatterson3340]

That is a matter of interpretation. They are dive bombing our neighborhood cats that are not doing anything to them. There was a black cat sitting in the middle of the street. This bird was dive bombing it and would not let it get up.It was stuck in the middle of the street. I was afraid a car was going to come around the corner and hit the cat in the street. I bounded out of the house to save the cat. By the time I got there the cat had escaped. I have a hummingbird feeder and the mockingbirds are not letting the hummingbirds feed. I am not thinking too kindly toward them. I will have to research a solution to this situation. Any suggestions appreciated....

[@matthewalkman3735]

Carolyn Patterson all birds are protective over their feeders. This is nature. You have to understand that they know more than you do. If hummingbirds continue to multiply, they don’t eat. Also, give me a break with the cats. Cats are their number one enemy. Cats can run up and destroy a nest with babies anytime. Good for the mockingbird standing up for itself

[@Naluukti]

What is the very first birdcall in the video (it's at the end, too)? I hear that bird a lot!

[@freeroamer9146]

White-throated Sparrow

[@TopThrillDan]

We've been enjoying the mocking birds in out back yard for the past three years at your feeders. The male and female leave the area in late July or early August after the chicks have grown up. Around October, November a female start's coming around, then later on she pairs up with a male. They love seedless raisin's and grape jelly. The female in the first year was very territorial then around spring she became less territorial. They also don't like European Starlings. :)

[@j.dragon651]

At least one mocking bird in my backyard does a pretty good crow. Not as loud, but pretty good. Sometimes he sounds like the predator in the movie. Maybe he has seen the movie? When my cat goes outside I think he gives the alarm in every bird call in the region.

[@karl7794]

Ucigașul de cactus? ..după un an izbucnește în flori și fructe.. Deci cactusul nu moare.

[@sarthurl9001]

So much for sleeping with the window open during the first few warm nights of the year. I live in downtown Concord, NH which isn't really a place I expected to be dealing with this sort of thing. But sure enough they're nested in a traffic light and at the top of a couple tall street lights and OMG they just go ON AND ON AAAAAND ON!! This warm weather is coinciding with a fuller moon, so hopefully they'll get over themselves once we start turning away from the moon? God one can only hope 🙏😆

[@yliberal6355]

Excellent video!!!

[@xpd1545]

I like how mockingbirds get together in a big group and scare away predator birds.

[@VolkanYuksel]

I haven't seen that yet, crows and grackles seem to be more organized about food and territory issues.

[@JimDodahday]

Great video! Thank you :)

[@twofatcats5765]

Excellent thank you

[@koma_kh]

very nice .

[@aquistorm6348]

My state bird too

[@cwaz2353]

Nice

[@andreedesjardins8566]

❤❤❤

[@rainbo2987]

Mockingbirds are not at all aggressive. Lived around em for a long time, and never once saw an aggressive mockingbird.

[@aaronsmith2054]

Great video man thanks

[@clover-il7tf]

So can you actually whistle to a mockingbird and it’ll whistle back?

[@XX-121]

sometimes... it won't do it the first time but i did a certain whistle for my cat and we had one that nested here a couple years ago and would sometimes start doing the whistle late at night when it would see me outside smoking a cigarette. basically, it's not like the "mocking jay" from hunger games. but they obviously hear things. like the guy in the vid said they'll mimic car alarms. i remember when use to live in the city in the late 80's early 90's there was a bird that did the car alarm sequence. car alarms use to not be standard equipment and use to go through a cycle of 5 different sirens and the bird would do every one of them. it was pretty funny.

[@clover-il7tf]

@@XX-121 That’s pretty cool! Thanks for answering my question :)

[@angelinavela3219]

I seen a mocking bird today I was wondering is their a meaning to seeing one like the red Robin birds?

[@josh1158]

Yes it means you saw a bird 🙃

[@guyjohnson3775]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@marybourgeau5812]

Good video.

[@jurrasicworldthefallenking5263]

My state bird

[@5argetech56]

That was happening to me.. I was getting pecked like crazy.. Had to move the nest.. Sorry !

[@5argetech56]

@@Christina...66 you're absolutely right I never could find the nest and a couple of weeks it was all over great point

[@fletcherd8883]

What's this bird's problem, anyway?

[@scottydog5762]

These beautiful n intelligent but annoying at 2AM outside my window with Robin's having a yell a thon.

[@akaparna4283]

Does anyone know how to get rid of Mockingbirds?

[@aq9714]

Interesting, I have a Grey Catbird that defends the Saskatoon berry patch when it is ripe. It nests nearby year after year and is constantly chasing the Robin and Waxwings off the patch. They can make do with the Serviceberry bushes and trees, he wants the Saskatoon berries!

[@nickbattles3568]

Evil Bird. The one Known for it's ways. I have seen them around. Fast food. Hotels. Motels. People. Homes. Bushes. The Evil Bird.

[@SpotSwims]

Theres this one Mockingbird that likes to swoop down on me and my cat! Hes got no tolerance for other creatures in his yard!

[@myyoutube1979]

It's a sin to kill a mockingbird...let it kill itself. Sin no more!

[@swarr5152]

Now I know why he is attacking other birds ....to protect his apple

[@Will-ik9ty]

POV you came from the tiktok bird guy

[@henzcarltupas328henzcarltu2]

Who else is here listening to the song : Mockingbird Hill?

[@greenberry699]

12:58

[@arteveuswashere3206]

Hunger games

[@DaichiXEdward]

Mine never sing. They do the 'yelp' and 'char' noises and are always dicks to other animals. They attack our doves that come to our house every year to have babies and try to antagonize my indoor cat by banging themselves on the window and doing those noises. Why can't they just sing the pretty songs like in the beginning. 😔😔

[@aceyorba]

One of the most obnoxious bird on the face of the planet. They never shut up 24/7

[@ccdogpark]

If you find that to be too big of a distraction while you are watching porn, you could probably get a job and leave the house once in awhile. WRZ

[@Astronetics]

@@ccdogpark B..but that would take time away from his important duty to go on KZbin and complain about birds in the video comments! 🤣

[@matthewalkman3735]

what a little cry baby! get over it!

[@aceyorba]

@@matthewalkman3735 .. will drop it off in your hood....Lol

[@djneska]

these guys are total jerks! they "sing" at me every time i go outside, and have swooped on my head during chick season. they absolutely do the car alarm in the wee small hours. they are so agressive they took over the tree that used to house morning doves. i'm in baltimore city, we don't have enough trees for these guys.

[@464159]

I dislike them always wake me up at 4am every morning shit I got work

[@SkyeBlueToo]

I love birds but I don't like these guys. They are very aggressive towards my peaceful doves and cardinals AND they snatch up my ripe figs before I can get to them.

[@anonim3146]

Eminem

[@TheChuckwagonLite]

These are a pest