mockingbirds

Other landbirds endemic to the Galapagos ecoregion are the Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis), Galapagos rail (Lateralus spilonotus), Galapagos martin (Progne modesta), and four species of mockingbirds from the genus Nesomimus that are endemic to specific islands within the Galapagos ecoregion.

Galápagos Islands xeric scrub 2007

Other kinds of songbirds, such as mockingbirds, are also getting attention, along with the hummingbird and the eternally imitative parrot.

Don't Knock the Birdbrains 2004

She was up twice with him overnight, and then was awakened at the crack of dawn by a flock of damn mockingbirds.

A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

She was up twice with him overnight, and then was awakened at the crack of dawn by a flock of damn mockingbirds.

A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

"A golden color is what I saw when I painted it, but maybe mockingbirds in Austin look different than those in San Antonio."

Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010

There was no sound of traffic, no phones, no televisions—nothing but the call of mockingbirds that were thinking of bedding down for the night, or the occasional bellow of a disgruntled cow.

A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

There was no sound of traffic, no phones, no televisions—nothing but the call of mockingbirds that were thinking of bedding down for the night, or the occasional bellow of a disgruntled cow.

A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

The multiple repetitions of each song and periodic rotation are characteristic of mockingbirds.

City Bird aka TBTAM 2009

I think I'm like a mockingbird, even though my daughter tells me mockingbirds are awful—they steal eggs—but they do have multiple voices.

Queens-Born Poet Returns Julie Steinberg 2011

I cling to the brick coping, peering over it, exposing as little of myself as possible - so quiet, so still - to watch the mockingbirds just a foot away.

In the water 2009