Gray Catbird |
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Description
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8-9 1/4". Smaller than a robin. A slender, long-tailed, dark gray bird with black cap and rusty undertail coverts. |
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Voice
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A long, irregular succession
of musical and mechanical notes and phrases; a cat-like mewing. Sometimes
seems to mimic other birds.
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Habitat
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Thickets and brush,
residential areas
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Nesting
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4 or 5 glossy blue-green eggs in a bulky mass of twigs,
stems, and leaves lined with finer plant material and concealed in dense
brush or a tangle of vines.
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Other
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Other
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