Mockingbird Arkansas State Bird
by Nava Thompson
Title
Mockingbird Arkansas State Bird
Artist
Nava Thompson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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A photo taken by Nava Thompson of a Mockingbird in NW Arkansas. The Mockingbird is the state bird for Arkansas.............................The Northern Mockingbird is a medium-sized mimid that has long legs and tail....... Male and female look alike.............. Its upper parts are colored gray, while its underparts have a white or whitish-gray color.................. It has parallel wing bars on the half of the wings connected near the white patch giving it a distinctive appearance in flight............. The black central rectrices and typical white lateral rectrices are also noticeable in flight.......... The iris is usually a light green-yellow or a yellow, but there have been instances of an orange color..............The bill is black with a brownish black appearance at the base................. The juvenile appearance is marked by its streaks on its back, distinguished spots and streaks on its chest, and a gray or grayish-green iris......................Northern mockingbirds measure from 20.5 to 28 cm (8.1 to 11 in) including a tail almost as long as its body. The wingspan can range from 31�38 cm (12�15 in) and body mass is from 40�58 g (1.4�2.0 oz). Males tend to be slightly larger than females.[12][13] Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in), the tail is 10 to 13.4 cm (3.9 to 5.3 in), the culmen is 1.6 to 1.9 cm (0.63 to 0.75 in) and the tarsus is 2.9 to 3.4 cm (1.1 to 1.3 in)............The Northern Mockingbird's lifespan is observed to be up to 8 years, but captive birds can live up to 20 years...............................The Mockingbird usually resides in fields and forest edges........It is usually seen in farmlands, roadsides, city parks, suburban areas, and open grassy areas with thickets and brushy deserts........ When foraging for food, it prefers short grass.[11] It also has an affinity for mowed lawns......... This bird does not nest in densely forested areas.............................The Mockingbirds' breeding range is from Maritime provinces of Canada westwards to British Columbia, practically the entire Continental United States, and the majority of Mexico to eastern Oaxaca and Veracruz.[7] The Mockingbird is generally a year-round resident of its range, but the birds that live in the northern portion of its range have been noted further south during the winter season.[11] The bird can most frequently be found in the Southern United States.[9] Sightings of the Mockingbird has also been recorded in Hawaii (where it was introduced),[9] southeastern Alaska,[16] as well as three recorded British transatlantic vagrants, though one was certain to be an escaped bird.
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July 17th, 2013
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit!
Anita Faye
Nava, happy to feature your beautiful work on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
William Tasker
I appreciate your submission to Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group, where this image is now featured on the homepage. L/F
Randy Rosenberger
Love the beauty of this piece and the quality and care that went into its composition! It is my pleasure to PROMOTE this piece of beauty on our FEATURED ARTWORK section of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. Thanks for sharing! Liked & faved Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of WFS group)
Nava Thompson replied:
Randy---thank you for you kind comments---the feature in WFS---and for the l/f---very much appreciated!