> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:38 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Bird ID help
>
> Copied from post I did on website. to see picture go here:
> http://www.ohiobirds.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2468#p2468
>
> I had a new bird to me today.  Although I have been seeing
> this type of bird for about three weeks now off and on, I
> have never gotten a photo.  This is probably the worst
> picture I have ever taken, but for ID it [b]should[/b] be ok.
>
> I posted through email earlier in the month about a blackish
> bird with white bars on its wings.  Only feedback that I
> recieved was the thought that it could be just a black bird.
> Well that ain't a blackbird.  I'm thinking that it is a
> Mockingbird.  It has been hanging around the same area for
> several days now, I am hoping to get a better picture of it later.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>

G'day Steve:

It is, indeed, a Northern Mockingbird.

A few of my photos of a local Mockingbird near Dublin (haven't updated my site recently)
are at: http://www.k8nd.com/Local_Critters/Mockingbird/index.htm.



Jeff Maass

http://www.k8nd.com/LocalCritters.htm
http://www.k8nd.com/CuracaoCritters.htm

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