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The gray catbird (Dumetella ... with some nowadays remaining until mid-winter as far north as Ohio. [7] [12] [13] The gray catbird is a migratory species. Spring ...
These birds are notable for their vocalization, especially their remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. The species tend towards dull grays and browns in their appearance. Three species have been recorded in Ohio. Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis (B) Brown thrasher, Toxostoma rufum (B)
White-eared catbird Gray catbird A gray catbird voicing cat-like sounds at Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Ohio, US. Several unrelated groups of songbirds are called catbirds because of their wailing calls, which resemble a cat's meowing. The genus name Ailuroedus likewise is from the Greek for 'cat-singer' or 'cat-voiced'. [1]
It wouldn't be a list of the best states in the USA for bird watching without including Alabama. Alabama's coast is known for being one of the top birding spots in the Southeast.
Oranges attract orioles, house finches, Northern cardinals, robins, gray catbirds, thrashers, jays, woodpeckers and blackbirds. Old bananas and melon attract fruit flies, which attract ...
Birders also report spotting clapper rail, seaside sparrows, marsh wrens, gray catbirds and cedar waxwings along other paths. Several dozen bird boxes rise above the foliage in Big Meadow.
The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short thick necks, and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water. Ten species have been recorded in Connecticut. Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus (R)
The Carolina wren was first described under the name of Sylvia ludoviciana by John Latham in 1790. [3] [note 1] Louis Pierre Vieillot considered all wrens under the genus Troglodytes and called the Carolina wren Troglodytes arundinaceus, but placed it subsequently in a separate genus Thryothorus (initially misspelled Thriothorus) [2] that he created in 1816.