Comments on: Mammal Watching http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/ A blog on my latest adventures, pictures, and travels Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:15:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mark barrington http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-545 mark barrington Sat, 06 May 2006 19:58:23 +0000 http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/#comment-545 Hello, It is very intersesting about mockingbirds and their precise duplication of any sound possible. In my area of citrus heights, calif. our birds do the following sounds, pheasants normal and fleaing sound,car alarms,chain saws,truck backup horn beeping,night tree frogs croaking,local domestic parrot calls,woodpeckers pecking wood sound and every bird in the local area. The bird around my property is very active day and night. Perfect duplication of sounds is absolutely amazing! From a bird lover. Mark Hello,
It is very intersesting about mockingbirds and their precise duplication of any sound possible. In my area of citrus heights, calif. our birds do the following sounds, pheasants normal and fleaing sound,car alarms,chain saws,truck backup horn beeping,night tree frogs croaking,local domestic parrot calls,woodpeckers pecking wood sound and every bird in the local area. The bird around my property is very active day and night. Perfect duplication of sounds is absolutely amazing!
From a bird lover.
Mark

]]> By: Laura Packer http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Laura Packer Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:11:13 +0000 http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/#comment-395 Nice pics and story. The prairie dog is fun to look at unless you're a developer needing to put a building on top of their homes. Abilene has a prairie dog town but a developer now has sites on it. I think the prairie dogs are going to loose this fight. Nice pics and story. The prairie dog is fun to look at unless you’re a developer needing to put a building on top of their homes. Abilene has a prairie dog town but a developer now has sites on it. I think the prairie dogs are going to loose this fight.

]]> By: Jay http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Jay Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:36:32 +0000 http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/#comment-388 As far as the mockingbirds go, the ones we heard mimicking the prairie dogs were quite a ways off from the colony. Point being, there weren't any prairie dogs around to see if they showed some kind of response to the mockingbirds calls. That would actually have been a cool thing to look out for though. As far as the mockingbirds go, the ones we heard mimicking the prairie dogs were quite a ways off from the colony. Point being, there weren’t any prairie dogs around to see if they showed some kind of response to the mockingbirds calls. That would actually have been a cool thing to look out for though.

]]> By: Jay http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Jay Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:30:26 +0000 http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/#comment-387 Or it might be the next big sport to be outlawed... Or it might be the next big sport to be outlawed…

]]> By: JM O'Donnell http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-386 JM O'Donnell Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:27:10 +0000 http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/#comment-386 Did you take bets on which dog would win? Public praire dog fighting and betting may be the next big sport! Did you take bets on which dog would win? Public praire dog fighting and betting may be the next big sport!

]]> By: Joe St http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Joe St Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:14:38 +0000 http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/08/mammal-watching/#comment-385 "As we kept birding, we noticed that the mockingbirds in the area would intersperse their song with perfect mimicry of prairie dog scolding and alarm calls." What do the prairie dogs do in response? “As we kept birding, we noticed that the mockingbirds in the area would intersperse their song with perfect mimicry of prairie dog scolding and alarm calls.”

What do the prairie dogs do in response?

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