The very lovely Gray Catbird is capable of copying the sounds of other species, like its relatives the mockingbirds and thrashers. But the Catbird’s name clearly reflects its uniquely “distinctive mew call” (All About Birds).
Watch and listen to the feisty little Gray Catbird below, chasing off a Bluejay at the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology!
Birder's Journey 
Beautiful images, BJ!
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Thank you, Deborah, and Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year, BJ!
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🐦 In the foliage, a song so sweet, 🌿 The Gray Catbird, a charming greet. 😻 Copying tunes, a virtuoso in the air, 🎶 A mimic, with melodies rare.
Distinctive mew, its signature sound, 🐾 In woodlands where secrets abound. 🌲 A feisty dance, a pursuit so bold, 💪 Chasing off a Bluejay, a tale to be told.
At the Cornell Lab, a spectacle unfolds, 🏡 Feathers of gray, a story untold. 📜 Watch and listen to the Catbird’s spree, 📹 A feline melody, wild and free.
In the birder’s journey, a highlight fine, 🌟 The very lovely Gray Catbird’s shine. 💖 Mimicking nature, in the ornithic array, 🦜 A creature of beauty, in the light of day.
🐦🌿😻🎶🐾🌲💪🏡📜📹🌟💖🦜
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Wonderful poetry, Yishai! Saba and I both especially loved “feline, melody”🎶
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Not hard to love the song of this bird!
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My son charmingly called it a “feline melody” ☺️
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How sweet!
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I’ve always loved hearing them and finding them. Happy new year!
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Me too! And sometimes they can be rather hard to find. I love it when they pop out of the foliage.
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Lovely photographs of lovely birds! The call of the bird in the video makes me think of a kitten demanding attention.
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lol, exactly, Ann! Thanks for your nice thoughts.
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That is a lovely bird!
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I’m so happy that you enjoyed this handsome Gray Catbird!
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I love hearing their “concerts” in the summer—so many different songs.
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They’ve become one of my favorite birds, Sue, though I only see them once in a while, and usually no more than one at a time.
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Beautiful captures BJ ! Our Green Catbirds are related to our Bowerbirds, and can mimic also, and are very elusive and difficult to spot in rainforest trees. The early European settlers thought it was a woman or baby in distress when they heard it, and would send search parties out looking but to no avail. Ours has a deeper, louder and more drawn out call I think in comparison.
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I just looked up your Green Catbird, AB – what a unique bird and amazing color!
Wishing you a wonderful New Year!
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Thanks BJ, may you enjoy a healthy and joyous New Year also my friend 🙂
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Beautiful pictures of this lovely bird! Thanks for sharing the video!
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So happy you enjoyed it, Indira!
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Beautiful images. Anita
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Thank you, Anita!
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Thank you so much for the beautiful pics of this elusive bird.
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So glad you liked it, Berny!
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Phabulous pheathery pheline photographs.
We see (and HEAR) Gray Catbirds on every outing lately. Counted six at one spot yesterday.
Happy New Year!
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Lol!😉 Thanks, Wally, and lucky you to see (and hear) so many every day!☀️ There’s just some thing about Catbirds….
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I also love catbirds, their understated looks and beautiful songs. And their calls always make me smile.
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My sentiments xactly, Tanja!
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We have Grey Catbirds nesting around our home and very much enjoy the calls you describe here.
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