Backyard Mockingbird
I asked the WhatBird community, "I suppose this is a Mockingbird but it was behaving more like a Roadrunner. It was running along the backyard lawn and pecking at the ground. The lawn is burnt up from drought and excessive heat."
One WhatBird member replied, " Northern Mockingbirds tend to do that. There as many theories as to why they do that, but no definite conclusions. One of the most commonly and the most likely theory is that they are trying to catch food by scaring the bugs with their shadow." Another WhatBird member replied, "What I've always heard was flashing the white wing patches scared bugs."
Backyard Mockingbird
I asked the WhatBird community, "I suppose this is a Mockingbird but it was behaving more like a Roadrunner. It was running along the backyard lawn and pecking at the ground. The lawn is burnt up from drought and excessive heat."
One WhatBird member replied, " Northern Mockingbirds tend to do that. There as many theories as to why they do that, but no definite conclusions. One of the most commonly and the most likely theory is that they are trying to catch food by scaring the bugs with their shadow." Another WhatBird member replied, "What I've always heard was flashing the white wing patches scared bugs."