Scientific Name: Mimus polyglottos
Range / Habitat: Year-round in shrub land throughout the United States and Mexico.
Field Notes: Medium-sized grey songbird with long tail, dark wings with white wing bars, and a black eye stripe. Similar overall appearance to both the Loggerhead and Great Grey Shrike, but the shrikes have slightly different ranges and wide black mask instead of an eye stripe. Townsend's Solitaire is also similar but has a more restricted range, is the same shade of grey all over, and has a white eye ring instead of a black eye stripe.
Personal Notes: It was remarkable to watch and listen to this bird with a seemingly endless array of different melodies.
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