Bahama Mockingbird portraitBahama Mockingbird portrait

A few days ago I posted about the Northern Mockingbird flight display and today I’d like to share two images of Bahama Mockingbirds photographed in the Bahamas in 2009. I was on Half Moon Cay as part of a tour and was enchanted by the Bahama Mockingbirds and the Bananaquits that I saw there.  The island was beautiful too and the waters that surround it were inviting, warm and multiple shades of blues.

Perched Bahama MockingbirdPerched Bahama Mockingbird

Bahama Mockingbirds are slightly larger than Northern Mockingbirds and are shyer than them too. Bahama Mockingbirds are browner than Northern Mockingbirds and they also have dark streaking on their rear flanks and undertail coverts along with a dark lateral stripe on their throats.

I didn’t hear the birds I photographed call much but some of their call can be found here.

Bahama Mockingbirds occasionally show up in Florida as vagrant, this year one has even shown up on the west coast of Florida.

Mia

* I am wandering some where, probably some place with a bird in my viewfinder. Feel free to share this post with family & friends!