Both sexes aggressively defend nesting and feeding territories. They flash their white outer tail feathers and white wing patches conspicuously during courtship and territorial displays.

Howard Futch of Indialantic, who died in 2003, attempted to replace it with the Florida scrub-jay in 1998, but got his wings clipped. “I have never thought the mockingbird made sense,” former ...

According to Texas Parks & Wildlife, the mockingbird will perch on top of a telephone pole or in a tree and sing all day and ...