{"id":14870,"date":"2014-05-02T05:11:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T11:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14870"},"modified":"2026-01-31T06:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:01:47","slug":"a-northern-mockingbirds-repertoire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/05\/02\/a-northern-mockingbirds-repertoire\/","title":{"rendered":"A Northern Mockingbird’s Repertoire"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CallingCalling Northern Mockingbird – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 400, +1. EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

When I lived in Florida I saw Northern Mockingbirds all<\/em> the time but they are not so common here in Utah and typically I only see a pair or two during the whole breeding season. Yesterday I photographed a very obliging Northern Mockingbird on Antelope Island State Park that seemed to have a lot to say with his song. Mockingbirds will mimic the calls and songs other birds, mechanical sounds, the vocalizations of non-avian species and the sounds of other mockingbirds.<\/p>\n

While I photographed this presumed male; females don’t vocalize as loud or as often as males, I could hear the calls of other birds. I heard this mockingbird vocalize the songs and calls of\u00a0Loggerhead Shrikes, American Kestrels, Killdeer, Northern Flickers, the flight call of American Pipits and what appeared to be a Scrub Jay. I am sure there were more songs and calls of other species during this Northern Mockingbird’s\u00a0repertoire but I was also trying to focus on photographing the mockingbird.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the next time I have an opportunity to photograph a Northern Mockingbird I should record the song with my phone. Until then you can hear some of the sounds that Northern Mockingbirds make here<\/span><\/a>.<\/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":"

When I lived in Florida I saw Northern Mockingbirds all the time but they are not so common here in Utah and typically I only see a pair or two during the whole breeding season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,818,26],"tags":[4004,4072,3981,4098,1830,9070,2526,821,820,6814,5719,4192,1831,4179,165,2525],"class_list":["post-14870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-northern-mockingbird","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-calling","tag-davis-county","tag-desert","tag-greasewood","tag-island","tag-mimic","tag-mimids-2","tag-mimus-polyglottos","tag-mockingbird","tag-mockingbirds","tag-northern-mockingbird","tag-sarcobatus-vermiculatus","tag-singing-2","tag-spring","tag-vocalizations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t