The gray catbird might be the most aptly named bird species on the planet. It is certainly a bird. Looking at it, no one would mistake it for a cat. Hearing it is a little different. The catbird has a ...

At Corner Spring, stood listening to a catbird, sounding a good way off. Was surprised to detect the singer within a rod and a half on a low twig... Should not have believed it was he, if I had not ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Bubbling tweets, chirps and gurgles floated out of a wedge of dense scrub ...

Our days are at their longest now, and dawn comes early with its chorus of birdsong. If you’re up with the sun, you’ll get to enjoy the earliest singers. The gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) ...

The catbirds arrived a couple weeks ago and haven’t been quiet since they landed. They are cousins with mockingbirds and brown thrashers, and all three species are known as mimics because they imitate ...