mockingbirds
Avian vocal copycats
Mockingbirds is the plural of mockingbird, a gray North American songbird famous for imitating the calls of other birds and sounds in its environment.
The bird gives its name to the novel *To Kill a Mockingbird*, where killing one symbolizes destroying innocence: There were mockingbirds in the oak tree outside my window.
Melodious perching avian
- thrashersLeaf-litter foraging songbirds
- catbirdsSongbirds mimicking cat sounds
- passerinePerching bird order member
- perchingResting while gripping
gray · white patches · wingspan · tail · feathers · beak · nesting · eggs
Copy of the original
- songsMusical vocal compositions
- callsContacts by telephone
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
- vocalExpressing views freely
copying · learning · phrases · sequences · whistles · trills · chirps · melodies
Freedom from wrongdoing
- AtticusLatin name meaning Athenian
- SouthernOf the region below
- literatureBody of written works
- TexasSecond-largest American state
Harper Lee · Florida · Arkansas · Tennessee · Mississippi · American · folklore · sin
songbird
Melodious perching avian
- thrashersLeaf-litter foraging songbirds
- catbirdsSongbirds mimicking cat sounds
- passerinePerching bird order member
perching · gray · white patches · wingspan · tail · feathers · beak · nesting · eggs · fledgling
imitation
Copy of the original
- songsMusical vocal compositions
- callsContacts by telephone
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
vocal · copying · learning · phrases · sequences · whistles · trills · chirps · melodies · sounds
innocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
- AtticusLatin name meaning Athenian
- SouthernOf the region below
- literatureBody of written works
Harper Lee · Texas · Florida · Arkansas · Tennessee · Mississippi · American · folklore · sin · harmlessness
territorial
Defensive about owned space
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- dive-bombingSteep aerial attack
- defendingProtecting against harm
nesting · chasing · swooping · fearless · attacking · cats · hawks · crows · intruders · vigilant
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- wildlifewhite-tailed deer, mammals, elephant, reptiles, kangaroo
- TexasAlamo, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio
- nest builderseagles, robins, sparrows, swallows, wrens
- rural SouthBaptist church, dirt roads, gravel roads, backroads, country roads
- DarwinCharles Darwin, natural selection, evolution, HMS Beagle, Galapagos
mockingbirdsnightingales
Birds with legendary songs
canaries · songwriters · blackbirds · skylarks · linnets