22 December 2013. Burlington ON. It might be hard to invent a more trying weather recipe for wildlife than that of the past few days; a foot of snow, followed by a couple of days of rain and topped off with freezing rain. Trees and power lines are coated in ice, trees split, branches snap and fall, power lines break, flash and short-out, homes are in darkness; Christmas is coming. We stay warm and dry mostly but all that food for wildlife, seeds and berries, is either buried or wrapped in ice.
Stopping briefly to see how ducks around the harbour were making out, I found this beautiful Northern Mockingbird working hungrily over a reasonably sheltered rose bush. I’ve taken lots of dreary photographs of mockingbirds in the past; despite their legendary powers as choral performers they dress like litigating lawyers in shades of pearl grey and charcoal. But there’s something about this one, perhaps it’s the splash of red or maybe just the somber winter background that has elevated it to a higher court. The Honorable Northern Mockingbird – Bird of the Day.
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I LOVE Mockingbirds!!!!!!!!!!!! No one could mock these pics!!!!!!!!!!!