Mockingbird
(Adopted 1941)

Gray and slim, longer-tailed than a Robin, the Mockingbird flashes large white patches in its wings and tail. In recent years it has extended its range northward as far as the Great Lakes and New England, largely because of suburban plantings of multiflora rose and other berry-bearing shrubs which insure winter survival. Its famous song is a varied series of phrases, each repeated several times. Some Mockers are excellent mimics.