Northern Mockingbird - (Mimus polyglottos)

This is the State Bird of Texas. A common year-round resident of the Imperial Valley, they have a variety of songs to sing. Aggressive when nesting, they will attack cats and unwary people walking by.  Their white wing bars are easy to see when they fly.

If you are interested in learning more about this bird online - I recommend you start with the Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD. http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/infocenter.html

They present photographs, songs, identification tips, maps, and life history information for North American birds - including the Northern Mockingbird

OTHER OUTSIDE LINKS FOR THIS BIRD:

Mockingbird Fact Sheet - Nice photo and some little-known facts about the Northern Mockingbird displayed by the Texas Parks & Wildlife's "Nature" Web site.

Northern Mockingbird - Informative page displayed by the Texas State Historical Association's "Handbook of Texas Online" Web site.

The following "WAV" format sound file is copyright protected by Doug Van Gausig of Sedona, Arizona, as part of the "Sounds of Nature" Web site:

http://users.sedona.net/~dougvg/mocker1.wav - Mockingbird's sweet tweet