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April 23, 2020 9:41 pm
When someone mentions a flycatcher, we tend to think of phoebes or swallows or even blue-grey gnatcatchers. But, ha, the northern mockingbird is good at catching insects in flight too. Yesterday, I caught up with a mockingbird, on the wing, chasing his breakfast at the lake.
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Categories: birds, Haw River, Jordan Lake, Jordan Lake State Park, photography, wild birds
Tags: B Everett Jordan Lake Dam, Haw River, Jordan Lake, Jordan Lake State Park, mockingbird, northern mockingbird
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You got a smile from me! What fun to watch that mockingbird—looks like you had to be moving pretty fast to keep up with it…..
On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 9:41 PM doc ellen’s journey wrote:
> neighdoctor posted: “When someone mentions a flycatcher, we tend to think > of phoebes or swallows or even blue-grey gnatcatchers. But, ha, the > northern mockingbird is good at catching insects in flight too. Yesterday, > I caught up with a mockingbird, on the wing, chasing his b” >
By Helen Dallas on April 23, 2020 at 10:10 pm
Sweet adventure as the Mocking Bird mocks the flycatchers, phoebes, swallows and gnatcatchers in one very not-straight flight pattern. Those others seem to catch their bugs without all the fight antics. Watched the swallows as we fished on Friday and a pair came very close in pursuit of each other or the same bugs.
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By Bill Buck on April 26, 2020 at 7:15 pm