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Is Your State Bird Moving On?

Texas species impacted by Global Warming
Mockingbird Mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottos)

State bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas
Photo © Tom Vezo
Learn more about this bird at eNature.com

 
The mockingbird is not in danger of disappearing from its home states.

Description
9-11" (23-28 cm). Robin-sized. A slender, long-tailed gray bird with white patches on wings and tail.

Voice
A long series of musical and grating phrases, each repeated 3 or more times; often imitates other birds and regularly sings at night. Call a harsh chack.

Habitat
Residential areas, city parks, farmlands, open country with thickets, and desert brush.
See birds in your state with populations that are:

Acadian Flycatcher
American Redstart
Baltimore Oriole
Bank Swallow
Black-and-white Warbler
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Field Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Gray Catbird
Green-tailed Towhee
House Wren
Kentucky Warbler
Lazuli Bunting
Louisiana Waterthrush
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Pine Siskin
Plumbeous Vireo
Red Crossbill
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Spotted Towhee
Tree Swallow
Warbling Vireo
Western Tanager
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Yellow-throated Warbler
American Goldfinch



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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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