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Hillbillygirl
05-15-2010, 10:54 PM
This is a Grey catbird. If you have ever heard one you would swear a kitten was sitting in the tree, they are that good at it. If another bird starts singing near them they will often mimic that song with a few extra notes of their own thrown in. They actually have a beautiful song of their own also.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/HobbyHorseHollow/5151.jpg

AntZ
05-15-2010, 11:07 PM
Nice capture against such a bright background.

Hillbillygirl
05-15-2010, 11:14 PM
Thank you Antz.
Yes, definitely a challenge for this shot. They are a common enough species, but are very secretive. They like to hide in the thickets, and only pop out very infrequently, and this was the only shot I had the opportunity to get today.

JAS_Photo
05-16-2010, 02:58 AM
Nice capture and what a pose You can almost hear him singing his little song!

Greg_Nuspel
05-16-2010, 08:50 AM
You can hear a bit of the cat sound on this example Gray Catbird - Whatbird.com (http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/557/_/Gray_Catbird.aspx)

Marko
05-16-2010, 10:02 AM
Nice catch,

You guys are really skoolin' this city-boy on birds :highfive:

OWLP
05-16-2010, 01:14 PM
Very nice shot.

Iguanasan
05-16-2010, 08:08 PM
I'm certainly jealous of all these wonderful bird photos. So cool to see such a variety. :thumbup:

Hillbillygirl
05-16-2010, 08:38 PM
Thanks everyone.