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Northern Mockingbird, Great-tailed Grackle
Stanley Jones

Northern Mockingbird, Great-tailed Grackle (Mimus polyglottos, Quiscalus mexicanus)

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos polyglottos) trying to chase off a male Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus prosopidicola). It was not successful (lol).
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Habitat
Post Oak Savannah vegetation area. Open manicured park and ball fields with some planted trees at ca. 88 m (290 ft) elevation.
Location
Veterans Park and Athletic Complex, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
May 2024
Scientific name
Mimus polyglottos, Quiscalus mexicanus
Equipment used
Canon
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jbpixels
Grackles look like crows but they aren´t. Excellent behavioural capture of these two species.
 
Dabs
Look like this 'mocker' has met his / her match. Another one of your wonderful action photos, Stanley.

Sublime shot!
 
delia todd
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Oh my!!! That's a wonderful double Stanley. Such super poses from both of them too.

A fabulous picture my friend - very well done.
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
276
Comment count
11

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
176.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1600 second(s)
ISO
500
Filename
Northern Mockingbird telling the Great-tailed Grackle to move on, Veternas Park, College Stati...jpg
File size
2.8 MB
Date taken
Sun, 19 May 2024 2:19 PM
Dimensions
1920px x 710px

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