[CT Birds] Blue Jays, Ivorybills, and Mockingbirds

[Andy Griswold]

No one is quite sure how Blue Jays "learned" the Ivorybill kent calls or if they just do it as part of their large repertoire handed down over the generations.

Northern Mockingbirds have been studied extensively and found not to be the "mimics" that people thought but rather a bird with a huge repertoire of more than 400 phrases, often with significant time passing before a phrase is repeated.

Cheers,

Andy

Andrew Griswold, Director
Connecticut Audubon Society EcoTravel
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