Even in the warmer climes of Columbus, we seldom have mockers in the
winter. I hadn't had one for ten years until Mockarthy showed up in
November, probably attracted by a bountiful crop of holly berries.
Day before yesterday, when it was 3 degrees F, I found his corpse on the
yard, and he's going to the OSU Museum collection.
Bill Whan

On 1/22/2016 4:10 PM, Elaine & Marty Cohen wrote:
> this has indeed been an unusual winter for birds in NE Ohio.
> yesterday and today we have a mockingbird in our yard at the feeders
> (sunflower and safflower seed and millet).  this is the first ever
> mockingbird
> at our house in any season of the year in 33 years.
>
> Fairlawn, OH (suburb of Akron)
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Dean Sheldon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> At about 1640 yesterday (1.22.16), we were greeted with the arrival of a
>> Northern Mockingbird at our bird feeding area here in south central Huron
>> County. A single male bird was seen making quick work of the ripened fruit
>> on our Winterberry shrubs. Mockingbirds are not common to this area at any
>> season of the year. Of course, that made this sighting even more exciting
>> and a welcome ending to the holiday birding at our wildlife conservation
>> area.
>>
>> Dean Sheldon
>>
>> Sw of Greenwich in Ripley Twp

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