Catbird with a berry

[RobAmy]

Here is a catbird with a berry on a perch over the stream. The catbirds visit the stream a lot.

 

[Dave 54]

RobAmy please may I ask how it came to get the name Catbird ?

Dave

 

[RobAmy]

RobAmy please may I ask how it came to get the name Catbird ?

Dave

the catbird's song resembles a cat's meow. Thus the name

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Great shot Rob! I have never heard of a catbird. Now I'm going to have to see if I can find a recording of one so I can listen to it

 

[RobAmy]

Great shot Rob! I have never heard of a catbird. Now I'm going to have to see if I can find a recording of one so I can listen to it

Here you go, go down to the mew calls which will mostly be closest to cat sounds

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/gray_catbird/sounds

 

[j.w]

@RobAmy you sure do get a large nice variety of birds at your stream/pond
This site has sounds that birds make and here is some from the Catbird. Look down below on the page for the mew sound and you will see why they call them Catbirds: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray_Catbird/sounds

 

[j.w]

Oops sorry @RobAmy we both posted at the same time on the bird sounds. That is a neat site to find what the birds sound like tho

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Very cool! Amazing how much it does sound like a cat

 

[RobAmy]

Oops sorry @RobAmy we both posted at the same time on the bird sounds. That is a neat site to find what the birds sound like tho

No worries, we are all here to help each other