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Mockingbird

Lenape: Tąskėmus 

Song:  Mockingbird imitating a Phoebe, Collegeville, PA, 3/24/00, (249kb) wave309A
Song:  Perth Amboy, 6/9/04, 7:00 a.m, Water Street near Sadowski Parkway (1,255kb) very long recording for Mockingbird Quiz.  Test your knowledge of backyard birds in Perth Amboy.  See how many birds you can identify.  This Mockingbird often imitates several different sounds from the same bird.

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Feeding sounds and alarm calls:  A family of Mockingbirds making feeding sounds while eating Blackberries and wild Cherries, followed by two alarm calls when I was noticed.  After the second alarm call, the family of birds flew away. Collegeville, PA, 7/20/05, 12:00 p.m. (61kb)             wave864 

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See also, "Mockingbird" from "Bent's: Life Histories of Familiar North American Birds", http://home.bluemarble.net/~pqn/ch31-40/mockingb.html  

To hear how to pronounce "Mockingbird" in the Delaware Lenape language, see, http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/birds.html

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