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•  Info Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) adult on a fence post in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. all by — Rhododendrites ^talk |  17:33, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support — Rhododendrites ^talk |  17:33, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support very good! --Ivar (talk) 18:40, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support very good, though I prefer rule of thirds for eye. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:32, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Did you hear him sing? I love listening to them sing. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:49, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

• Every once in a while I'll try to get a video when they're singing, then I watch/listen to it when I go home and remember that trying to record high-quality bird songs in NYC without a good shotgun mic is a futile exercise... — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:06, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

• Even so, I think it's awesome that you are able to get so many good bird photos in your own town. I just have to give you some praise for that. It goes to show that if you have a good eye for photography, you don't need to go around the world with expensive gear to get great shots. Well done! --Cart (talk) 20:28, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

• Thanks. But don't get me wrong, I'd love to have some expensive gear (sigh) and travel to get great shots. But I am lucky in that there are a surprising variety of habitats accessible via public transportation in NYC and we're right in the Atlantic Flyway so there are 250-300 species that come through in a given year (lots of work still to do). — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:49, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

• Re gear, yep, you and me both. Not saying you shouldn't get it (and travel), you deserve it, just saying you're doing great in this situation. :-) And you do have a lot more interesting birds than we have here. --Cart (talk) 20:58, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

• Very impressive shots. And we all want better gear, but it's too expensive and too heavy! Your camera body is better than my 'enthusiast' crop-sensor Canon, but I do have a longer 400mm lens. I hope to go mirrorless soon. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:39, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

• It's true I'm not in the "woe is me" category of gear any more. :) A longer lens would be nice, but that one I linked is unrealistic to the point of not even thinking about it. It's the body I'd prefer to upgrade at this point. I'm feeling that 16 MP limit. Though I won't be upgrading anytime soon, I don't think. While the MFT format is nice, even the top-of-the-line cameras are capped at 20 MP (and they're just not as good in low light situations as a full frame). With Olympus dropping out of the MFT game there's a lot up in the air with the format (they sold their camera business to JIP, which says it's going to focus on high-end MFT only, but it's still pretty abstract). — Rhododendrites ^talk |  14:26, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

• I'm going for Canon's R6. Not many pixels but, hopefully, information-rich pixels. R5 FAR too pricey. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:05, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

• If you have a chance to walk around New Rochelle, you might get a better sound quality. I used to hear 3-5 of these guys on my way to work there before the pandemic. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:32, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

• Thanks for the tip. So far upstate, though. :) #newyorkjokes. I might actually get a shotgun mic to deal with it. I'll have to see about how it'll work with my camera, but there are enough situations where I'd really like to record a song (or just not record traffic/people)... — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:49, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

• Speaking of videos of mockingbirds, this is tangential but I came across this hoppity-hop courtship display last week. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:52, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

•  Comment It looks like one of them flew away at the end. Can you tell which one is which sex? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:36, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

• There is not, as far as I know, a way to tell them apart by sight. By behavior, I would presume the one which flew away is the female but it's not certain. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  00:32, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

•  Support --Commonists 19:49, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

• Another sockpuppet of Livioandronico2013. - Benh (talk) 19:29, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Support --Clément Bardot (talk) 20:44, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:06, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --IamMM (talk) 06:48, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Aristeas (talk) 07:07, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:12, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 10:21, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:53, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 11:16, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 15:13, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Michielverbeek (talk) 19:30, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support--Ermell (talk) 09:26, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 16:47, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Nosferattus (talk) 17:39, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 17:39, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Cmao20 (talk) 02:24, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Fischer.H (talk) 17:22, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 20 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:28, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family_:_Mimidae_(Mockingbirds_and_Thrashers)