{"id":2754,"date":"2011-07-15T15:13:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T21:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2024-04-01T13:30:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:30:39","slug":"friday-photos-northern-mockingbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/07\/15\/friday-photos-northern-mockingbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Photos – Northern Mockingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Northern\u00a0Ticked off Northern Mockingbird – Nikon\u00a0D200, f6.3, 1\/1000,\u00a0ISO 400, +0.3 EV,\u00a0Nikkor 200-400mm with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

As a bird photographer I get to see some get interaction between birds at times, today\u00a0happened to be one of those days.\u00a0 A Loggerhead Shrike flew into a sagebrush and\u00a0right after that\u00a0I could hear a\u00a0bird that sounded upset. The\u00a0upset bird was this Northern Mockingbird<\/span><\/a>. I’m guessing it had a nest in that sagebrush because\u00a0it\u00a0was acting so defensive.<\/p>\n

Northern Mockingbirds are well known for attacking humans, dogs, cats and other birds that approach their nests. I didn’t see it attack the Loggerhead Shrike but it sure was ticked off.<\/p>\n

Antelope Island was a little slow today though we did have opportunities with several birds that turned out well. The good news is that there were very few<\/em> of the biting gnats! Glad to see them go!<\/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":"

A Loggerhead Shrike flew into a sagebrush and right after that I could hear a bird that sounded upset. The upset bird was this Northern Mockingbird.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45533,"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":[511,1022,818,26],"tags":[4004,2519,11480,514,822,821,820,6814,5719,4075,4192,357,2817,4057,823],"class_list":["post-2754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-davis-county-utah","category-northern-mockingbird","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-artemisia-tridentata","tag-big-sagebrush","tag-biting-gnats","tag-defensive","tag-mimids-2","tag-mimus-polyglottos","tag-mockingbird","tag-mockingbirds","tag-nest","tag-northern-mockingbird","tag-perching-bird","tag-sage","tag-sagebrush","tag-ticked-off"],"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