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  • #16
    Do mockingbirds do any original songs? Or are they always copycats?
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    • #17
      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
      I wondered - it says North America, including Mexico, US and Canada.

      Northern mockingbirds live throughout North America, including Canada and Mexico. They are most common in the southern United States, especially in Texas and Florida. They breed from northern California, eastern Nebraska, southern Ontario and Atlantic Canada to southern Mexico.
      That isn't the part of Canuckistan that mossy resides in.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
        Do mockingbirds do any original songs? Or are they always copycats?
        Hmmmm, how would we know?
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
          Hmmmm, how would we know?
          I would think[1] that if a particular cry/song/sound was unique to them and especially if it could be associated with a certain behavior like mating calls, alarms, challenges and such.









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          • #20
            Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
            I would think[1] that if a particular cry/song/sound was unique to them and especially if it could be associated with a certain behavior like mating calls, alarms, challenges and such.









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            I'm not an official birdwatcher I don't know all the songs of the other birds to know that one is unique to mockingbirds.
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by DesertBerean View Post
              Our mockingbirds are much darker than that pic. They pick up sounds but I'm not aware of them imitating speech. They do pick on cats and dogs.

              Our ravens are a bigger pain however.
              I think it was in a History Channel video (so it HAS to be true! ) that I saw that mockingbirds and ravens are the only birds that seem to create mischief just for the sake of mischief.
              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                I think it was in a History Channel video (so it HAS to be true! ) that I saw that mockingbirds and ravens are the only birds that seem to create mischief just for the sake of mischief.
                I believe that.
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                  I think it was in a History Channel video (so it HAS to be true! ) that I saw that mockingbirds and ravens are the only birds that seem to create mischief just for the sake of mischief.
                  They wouldn't say that if they had ever seen Pyfillun in action - always got an eye for the main chance, that pigeon has. Or come to think of it, Bomber. He never lands - just lines up another pigeon on the ground, hovers over it, then folds his wings and falls on it.
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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                    You know, I have never noticed any. They look rather plain so I might have seen them and never paid attention.

                    Can they imitate speech?
                    No, but I've heard them imitate kittens.
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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                      No, but I've heard them imitate kittens.
                      And wounded rabbits.
                      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                        I think it was in a History Channel video (so it HAS to be true! ) that I saw that mockingbirds and ravens are the only birds that seem to create mischief just for the sake of mischief.
                        Yeah, especially playing pranks on people trying to relax in their backyard.


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                        • #27
                          I think this Australian Lyrebird puts the mockingbird to shame.



                          Start at 1:55. It can do camera shutters and motor drives and even a freaking chainsaw.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                            I think this Australian Lyrebird puts the mockingbird to shame.



                            Start at 1:55. It can do camera shutters and motor drives and even a freaking chainsaw.
                            That seems to be unique to a handful of them, only. The ability may be there, but the bird in that video is captive. It's exposed to sounds the typical lyrebird wouldn't hear.
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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Carrikature View Post
                              That seems to be unique to a handful of them, only. The ability may be there, but the bird in that video is captive. It's exposed to sounds the typical lyrebird wouldn't hear.
                              uh, right. the point is how amazing they can imitate mechanical sounds like cameras and chainsaws. I don't care if most of them haven't been exposed to those sounds. You aren't impressed?

                              I guess....

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                                uh, right. the point is how amazing they can imitate mechanical sounds like cameras and chainsaws. I don't care if most of them haven't been exposed to those sounds. You aren't impressed?

                                I guess....

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                                TBH, that video is eight years old. I'd seen it before (I think on this site, even), so the impact was lost on me. I was curious about those technology sounds, though, so I did a little reading on it. What I found is what I posted.
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