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 ...

Several years ago, I was awakened nearly every day of late spring by a recurring — and very loud — bird sound. I say “sound,” rather than “song,” because this particular noise was not so melodious as ...

Gray catbirds to be exact. The robin-sized gray catbird sports a lovely shade of gray overall, with a black cap, dark eye, ...

Learn how to tell the difference between two gray colored mimic birds with big personalities: the gray catbird vs northern mockingbird.

Let's face it. The gray catbird is a well-named species. No other bird species that occurs here is so uniformly gray across its body. There are only two exceptions: the top of its head and beneath its ...

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