Northern Mockingbird, the state bird of Texas is one of my personal favorites. They are the quintessential bird. If you ever hear ten different birds singing outside your house, with only one in sight, that bird is probably a Mockingbird.
Northern Mockingbird - making friends
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Camera: X-S1
- Taken: 30 June, 2012
- Focal length: 137.4mm
- ISO: 400
- Shutter speed: 1/450s
Northern Mockingbird - bird on a wire
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Camera: X-S1
- Taken: 2 June, 2012
- Focal length: 109.3mm
- ISO: 200
- Shutter speed: 1/680s
Northern Mockingbird - A bird with a prize.
- Aperture: ƒ/5.6
- Camera: X-S1
- Taken: 25 May, 2012
- Focal length: 158.6mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1/500s
We have several that hunt continuously around our house and at work. They dance and flagrantly harass birds, cats, squirrels and our dogs by dive bombing them, legs extended. Mockingbirds have small heads, a long, thin bill, semi-long tails and long legs. Those bars on the wings make this a definite identification. They are tons of fun to monitor and track. One cannot miss the white patches on the wings when they are in flight.
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- Northern Mockingbird – bird on a wire
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- Northern Mockingbird – making friends
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- Striking bars on the wings – easily identified
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- Northern Mockingbird – A bird with a prize.
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- Northern Mockingbird -yet another bird on a wire.
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- Northern Mockingbird
if it was your favorite bird,you would know that it’s the state bird of Florida,not Texas.
Cardinal is state bird of six states. Google state bird of Texas and get back with me.
Lucy, you should probably check with a parent prior to posting on a website.
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