#gray catbird

[occasionallybirds]

Those awkward adolescent months

Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Late August and early September, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[simplified-birds]

Simplfied birds #92 - gray catbird

( requested by @catboyslushie )

[thomas--bombadil]

Catbirds are everywhere in the forest now.

They try to hide but sometimes they emerge from behind the leaves.

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Gray Catbird Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5

[birbmania]

Gray catbird . . . Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware . . . 9/15/23

[northerlyy]

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), taken April 27, 2024, in Georgia, US

Some of my proudest bird pictures (so far)! This was the first time I took out my current camera to test it on the birds, and this catbird and a white-throated sparrow got really close for some water! When I tell you I scrambled to get the bird in focus, I fucking scrambled. It worked out in the end!

[greycatbird]

Some birds I met last year🪶

[mosticonicbirdcallbracket]

MOST ICONIC BIRD CALL BRACKET: ROUND ONE: COMMON RAVEN vs. GRAY CATBIRD

IN THE BLUE CORNER, we have the formidable force of the skies, the prince of darkness, the common raven!

this feathered fiend might look like a crow, but don't be fooled - it's significantly larger with a voice that packs a punch the crow just can't keep up with. with feathers as black as night, this bird of mystery is an expert in problem-solving and strategic planning. and let's get a closer listen to that haunting call, deeper and more resonant than any other corvid. are you ready to witness the power and intelligence of the common raven in the ring?

IN THE RED CORNER, we have the feathered feline of the ring, the gray catbird!

this bird might be visually unassuming, with its solid gray plumage, but its real strength is its voice. the gray catbird's most distinct call is the harsh meowing that gives it its name, but don't think that's all this opponent has in store for you. this chameleon of the vocal world an accomplished mimic. not only will it copy the songs of other birds and tree frogs, but the gray catbird has even been known to mimic manmade mechanical sounds. this is not a bird to be trifled with, folks. this is the gray catbird, and it's ready to rumble!

[uwmspeccoll]

A Catbird/Towhee Feathursday

The Catbirds have been meowing under our windows of late, but the Towhees have been fairly inconspicuous this summer. There are a variety of catbird and towhee species around the globe, but in our neck of the woods we have the Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) and the Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus). The Catbird is in the family Mimidae along with Mockingbirds and Thrashers, while the Towhee is a sparrow in the large Passerellidae family of New World Sparrows.

We present these brilliant chromolithographs of the Gray Catbird and the Eastern Towhee (referred to here as the Towhee Bunting) from Nests and Eggs of Birds of the United States by Thomas G. Gentry and published by J. A. Wagenseller of Philadelphia in 1882, which includes chromolithographs of around 50 paintings of North American birds, eggs, and nests by the American naturalist painter Edwin Sheppard. Eastern Towhees typically nest on or near the ground, which Sheppard depicts here.

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[eggsistential-breakdown]

Major-specific club at my school held an hour and a half long painting competition guess who won

[kates-photography]

Gray catbird! 🩶

[alcnfr]

A small study in Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), and a Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), in Feeder City this afternoon. (I seldom get such a good look at them, they are quite shy here.)

[podartists]

Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Plate III | Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt (1891)

[thomas--bombadil]

A Cabird, handsome and healthy.

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Gray Catbird on sumac Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1

[birbmania]

Gray catbird . . . Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware . . . 9/15/23