Neighbor Doug texted asking if Brother Brent was in the middle of the bad weather Texas had overnight. I knew Frisco where Brent & Evelyn live is a fair distance from Houston where a devestating storm had struck but decided before I texted Doug back I should make sure they weren't affected. So I called Brent (actually just used Doug's question as an excuse to talk). Brent said that all was OK w/ them. The windows of my house were open and Brent commented about all of the birds singing at my place. It was actually only one bird - the brown thrasher. It's family name is 'Mimidae' which includes catbirds and mockingbirds. The thrasher is a natural mimic. That's why Brent thought there were a number of different birds singing. The thrasher can impersonate them all plus throw in a few made-up songs. It does each stanza twice before moving on to the next. A naturally shy bird, I was lucky to get this pic of it atop a corner of the stockade. Later I texted Doug back - all OK.
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Those were some nice sounds coming from that bird. Nice pic too.
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