{"id":138823,"date":"2025-01-17T02:36:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T08:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=138823"},"modified":"2025-01-16T17:46:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T23:46:28","slug":"mockzilla-the-northern-mockingbird-in-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/01\/17\/mockzilla-the-northern-mockingbird-in-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Mockzilla The Northern Mockingbird In Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mockzilla, the extremely territorial Northern Mockingbird<\/span><\/a>, was great fun to photograph during the recent snowstorm in Arkansas because she or he seemed calmer.<\/p>\n

\"NorthernNorthern Mockingbird in an Arkansas snowstorm \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 1000, +2.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 300mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe it was the cold, the snow, or the fog, but for a few days, Mockzilla seemed less aggressive. She or he wasn\u2019t chasing every bird that visited the feeders.<\/p>\n

The mockingbird didn\u2019t abandon her or his patrols entirely, but the pace slowed down noticeably. For a while.<\/p>\n

The snow melted slowly, and as of yesterday evening, it was almost entirely gone here. As the snow disappeared, Mockzilla has resumed attacking the other birds again. The attacks aren’t as frequent as they were before the snowstorm, but I expect they will be again soon.<\/p>\n

Mockzilla is a beautiful Northern Mockingbird<\/span><\/a>, but I wish that she or he would realize that there is more than enough food for all the birds in the neighborhood. If only I could speak bird.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Northern Mockingbird photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mockzilla, the extremely territorial Northern Mockingbird, was great fun to photograph during the recent snowstorm in Arkansas because she or he seemed calmer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13950,818,13951],"tags":[1996,13981,4175,3984,13931,156,821,820,6814,5719,4192,4104,4050,4509,4899,4328,15824,373,13966],"class_list":["post-138823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-northern-mockingbird","category-sebastian-county","tag-driftwood","tag-feeder","tag-fog","tag-foggy","tag-garden","tag-low-light-2","tag-mimids-2","tag-mimus-polyglottos","tag-mockingbird","tag-mockingbirds","tag-northern-mockingbird","tag-perched","tag-snow","tag-snow-storm","tag-snowstorm","tag-snowy","tag-suburban","tag-winter","tag-yard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/northern-mockingbird-snowy-mia-mcpherson-8841.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-A75","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":141614,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/03\/14\/update-on-mockzilla-the-mockingbird\/","url_meta":{"origin":138823,"position":0},"title":"Update On Mockzilla The Mockingbird","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019ve been wanting to do an update on the very territorial Northern Mockingbird I\u2019ve called Mockzilla because of the seasonal changes happening now.","rel":"","context":"In "Arkansas"","block_context":{"text":"Arkansas","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/arkansas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Feisty Northern Mockingbird, Sebastian County, Arkansas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/northern-mockingbird-mockzilla-mia-mcpherson-7751.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/northern-mockingbird-mockzilla-mia-mcpherson-7751.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/northern-mockingbird-mockzilla-mia-mcpherson-7751.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/northern-mockingbird-mockzilla-mia-mcpherson-7751.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":138390,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/12\/29\/one-very-territorial-northern-mockingbird\/","url_meta":{"origin":138823,"position":1},"title":"One Very Territorial Northern Mockingbird","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the past several weeks, this Northern Mockingbird has grown increasingly territorial at my friend Steve Creek's bird feeders. 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