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Mocking birds have a special talent of mimicking up to 10-15 birds and insects, plus some human sounds!
The males have two repetoires, one for Spring and one for Fall...The oldest one recorded on record was 14 years old! They are mostly ground foragers but will eat seeds and meal worms in feeders. In their lifetime they learn up to 200 "songs", so remember what you say around them because may just be squawking it for a long time! ;-)
'Ever-fresh flowers and never-leafless trees,
Bending great ivory cups to the control
of the soft swaying, orange scented breeze.'
"Lament of a mocking bird." Frances Anne Kemble 1809-1893
texture thanks to Kerstin Frank and calebKimbrough
As a non-birder usually on a ride-along with a birder, I occasionally get off a shot of my own. This one was quite vocal and seemed to look over his shoulder at me to make sure I was paying him due attention.
I had no idea what it was until my wife pointed out that it was a catbird. Although not a colorful variety, they do have some interesting facts. According to Wikipedia, "The catbird seat" is an idiomatic phrase used to describe an enviable position, often in terms of having the upper hand or greater advantage in any type of dealing among parties. It derives from the secluded perch on which the gray catbird makes mocking calls." Gray Catbirds can also produce two sounds at the same time thanks to their ability to use each side of their syrinx, or vocal organ, independently. These songsters can also produce sounds from only one side at a time or alternate between the right and left sides.
Was he mocking me, then?
Sabino Canyon Nature Walk Wed 2017-12-13
With the Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists.
sabinonaturalists.org/what-we-do/walks-hikes-demos/
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That jumping-up, fluttering-down thing is a sort of courtship display meant to demonstrate to any females that might be looking on what a fine and agile and studly fellow he is and what fine and beautiful and studly plumage he has.
(Thanks, Thampson at AzRepublic)
The mocking bird is very small and active. Challenging.
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A beautiful bush in my Son's garden. He hates it as it makes him sneeze, it makes me sneeze too, however the fragrance is so lovely I don't mind the sneezes.
Stafford UK 16th May 2026
Mocker Swallowtail Butterfly (Papillio dardanus) is native to sub-Saharan Africa. Seen in Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World.
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Taken 13 minutes before actual sunrise. This type of atmospheric optics usually evolves into a sun pillar: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/51874096874.
Picture of the Day
It is not the moon, I tell you.
It is these flowers
lighting the yard.
I hate them.
I hate them as I hate sex,
the man's mouth
sealing my mouth, the man's
paralyzing body--
and the cry that always escapes,
the low, humiliating
premise of union--
In my mind tonight
I hear the question and pursuing answer
fused in one sound
that mounts and mounts and then
is split into the old selves,
the tired antagonisms. Do you see?
We were made fools of.
And the scent of mock orange
drifts through the window.
How can I rest?
How can I be content
while there is still
that odor in the world?
~ Louise Gluck
*I've wanted to do a shot on this concept, specifically this poem for a long time, finally. It is one of the most influential poems I've ever read.
*For those of you who may not know, mock oranges are also flowers that are often metaphorically associated with deception, false promises.
Mock beggers mansion more commonly known as Robin Hoods stride is a rock formation along The Limestone way in Derbyshire. From some angles it is said to resemble an old Mansion with the two pinnacles standing out like the chimneys
The little mock Tudor House in Soho Square gardens, London.
It was built in 1926, to hide the above-ground features of an electricity substation.
Snapped with a Fisheye Takumar 17mm f4.
Got Lucky with a drive-by. Love the different neon colours here.
Mock Crest Tavern, North Portland Oregon.
Non-venomous, at least to humans (I have read that they have mild venom). Psammodynastes sp., Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Chapter 1 - The Gangs of Coruscant
Part 17 - Out of Reach
The door opened and a sharp wind hit Jona’s face. She wanted to sprint forward, but was suddenly blinded by rays of light that appeared in front of her, simultaneously with an enormous roaring sound. She stopped dead in her tracks, shielded her eyes and tried her best to see what was going on. Then a hysterical laugh echoed all around her. “You’re too slow, Jedi!” A triumphant Rodian was standing on the ramp of a shuttle, which was ascending from the depths of the abyss in front of her. The Rodian was holding onto the ship’s railing with the last bit of his strength and was bleeding heavily from several wounds, but his grin was one of utter satisfaction. Glowing dimly blue in his bloodstained right hand was the holocron. “A wonderful souvenir!” He shook the holorcon with a twisted smile. Jona let out a cry of rage and reached out with her hand and the force to grab the holocron, but it was no use. Her hand only grabbed thin air and the force forsook her as rage and frustration ran through her body like bitter poison. “Pathetic!” The Rodian cried with laughter. "Now, this is goodbye, Jedi! I’ll take care of the holocron and my friends will take care of you!” he mocked her. “You may run, but you’ll never escape me! Mark my words!” she screamed, but her voice didn’t even carry far enough to reach the Rodain anymore, who was still laughing maniacally. With a roar of its engines, his ship ascended out of sight, towards the planet’s surface, leaving Jona and her rage behind. She lashed out with her lightsaber, but only hit thin air and the floor of the bridge across the abyss she was standing on. It was no use. The Rodian was gone and so was the holocron. Adrenaline was still pumping through her body and she could hear the blood rush through her head. She needed to get to a ship, fast! A scratching , metallic sound made her look towards the other side of the large cylindrical abyss, which she now recognised to be a maintenance shaft for the lower levels. From over there the rest of the bridge was extending towards her. And on it were at least two dozen thugs of all species, brandishing their blasters and rattling their blades, hollering at her in dozens of languages. The Rodian hadn’t lied. He had brought his friends and they were out to get her. Jona took a deep breath and gripped her lightsaber even more tightly. Her broken ribs still stung and the burned skin form the crash was aching. But she wouldn’t give them the satisfaction of defeating her. No, she would show them what happened to those who dared to mock a Jedi! And she was not going to let any other thug escape today.
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Uncertain Ways is back after far too long and just in time for May 4th! You can’t imagine how often I tried and failed at building this part. I changed the whole concept several times and had to expand the final build equally as often, until it felt right. Now however I am very happy with it and hope you enjoy it to!
May the 4th be with you and may we enjoy all things Star Wars together again this year!
For those of you who want to see more new Uncertain Ways content, check out my art account ordo_draws. There I'll be posting detailed character designs and maybe one or two small comics form the story, with the first one being the re-design of Master Cal Amandis. Make sure to take a look!
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