Re: mimics

Gregory B Miller (gregorym@erols.com)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 19:56:27 -0400


Jlstasz@aol.com wrote:
<snip> 
Let me try some oneupsmanship......
cu-cu-ka-chee-ah,cu-cu-ka-chee-ah,cu-cu-ka-chee-ah...
...it is not a Buff-collared Nightjar...I have a nice 20 minute
recording of that Northern Mockingbird.
<snip>

ooooh.  classic.  That one's more than one-up!  I suppose I shouldn't
wonder how many ticks that represents on peoples' lists...

FYI:  There is a Mockingbird in Damascus, MD that has learned a fabulous
_whit-wheet_ of a Curve-billed Thrasher, thanks to me playing tapes and
leaving the windows open while learning birdsongs before a trip to
Arizona several years ago...

-Greg Miller
Lusby, MD