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  1. Yard Boss is Back...

    Yard Boss is Back...

    ...trying to rule the roost. Full frame shot, re-sized for web.
  2. Yard Boss.......

    Yard Boss.......

    ......or so he thinks. This one tries to run all the other birds away from the feeders. They fool him though by scattering and coming back in different directions. Too many for him to keep up with.
  3. Surveying His Kingdom

    Surveying His Kingdom

    This Mockingbird let me get fairly close. Taken at Bald Point State Park.
  4. Mockingbird 20 ft

    Mockingbird 20 ft

    Mockingbird
  5. Putting on a show.

    Putting on a show.

    It must be mating time for the Mockers, over the last few days they have been putting on quite a show.
  6. Mockingbird

    Mockingbird

    Good light for Mockingbird shot
  7. Northern Mockingbird

    Northern Mockingbird

  8. Mockingbird

    Mockingbird

  9. Mockingbird

    Mockingbird

    I felt like I was having a shootout with this guy, because I was leaning out from side to side from behind our car trying to get him in our forsythia bush. I didn't get that, but I was pretty happy with this.
  10. Mockingbird

    Mockingbird

  11. Northern Mockingbird

    Northern Mockingbird

    This one was sitting a bush as I unlocked the gates this morning all nice and back lighted. I used fill flash and better beamer to bring out the dark side.
  12. Northern Mockingbird

    Northern Mockingbird

    Northern Mockingbird who posed for several photos inside of ten feet.
  13. Northern Mockingbird

    Northern Mockingbird

    State bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. When the survey voyage of HMS Beagle visited the Galpagos Islands in September to October 1835, the naturalist Charles Darwin noticed that the mockingbirds M. thenca differed from island to island, and were closely allied in...
  14. Caught at work.......

    Caught at work.......

    ......nothing out of the ordinary but I liked the way the light was falling on this Mocker.
  15. Mockingbird

    Mockingbird

    This Mockingbird looks a little different after a bath....more puffier
  16. Audition for .............

    Audition for .............

    "Dancing with the Stars"? Looks like a tick just in front of the eye.
  17. Say Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

    Say Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

    This one keeps perching very close to where I am so I can't help but take a photo. One more coming in this series of Mockers.
  18. Portriat of a Mockingbird

    Portriat of a Mockingbird

    Surprised it let me open the door and get this shot, only about 10 feet away. Should have shot this vertical and got the whole bird. Full frame shot resized for web.
  19. Northern Mockingbird

    Northern Mockingbird

    This apprers to be a juvie, seen a couple of them playing around the last few days. It has been so hot all the birds seem to be panting for breath.
  20. Mockingbird

    Mockingbird

    Mockingbird
  21. Mockingbird

    Mockingbird

    Mockingbird
  22. The Early Morning Watch

    The Early Morning Watch

    Caught this Mocker on watch guarding in a Crape Myrtle tree at the gates at work this morning.
  23. Mockingbird

    Mockingbird

    Mockingbird
  24. Northern Mockingbird

    Northern Mockingbird

  25. Mockingbird

    Mockingbird

    Mockingbird
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