TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Northern Mockingbird Northern Mockingbird-- Mimus polyglottus Northern Mockingbird-- Mimus polyglottus, Order Passeriformes, Family Mimidae. A pretty nice shot of a young Northern Mockingbird in the Shaker Trace Wetland marsh area in the Miami Whitewater Forest area in SW Ohio. (Photo: Sep 11, 2004, Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital camera with 500mm f/4 L IS lens and 2.0X II TC) For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Northern_Mockingbird.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.