0 any of various types of North American or Australian birds that copy the sounds made by other birds
1 a North American bird that copies the sounds made by other birds
A mockingbird borrows and embellishes the songs of other birds around him.
Adult mockingbirds also have been seen drinking sap from the cuts on recently pruned trees.
Other birds may gather to watch as the mockingbirds harass the intruder.
There is also a seasonal threshold in terms of the overlap between the breeding seasons of the northern mockingbirds and their parasites.
The mockingbirds usually nest several times during one breeding season.
Mockingbirds can drink from puddles, river and lake edges, or dew and rain droplets that amass onto plants.
Both male and female mockingbirds sing, with the latter being generally quieter and less vocal.
There are now more northern mockingbirds living in urban habitats than non-urban environments, so they are consequently known as an urban-positive species.
