From my experience mostly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the mockingbird can imitate many birds and other animals. For example, I have heard them mimicking a squirrel in heat straddling a tree branch. Also, in Philadelphia mockingbirds are known as "cat birds" because they dive bomb stray cats. I have also seen these birds chasing crows and pecking at their tail feathers in flight. I also had the pleasure of having a mockingbird nest in a bush on my lawn many years ago. She had 3 babies, but only one survived. The one that survived was hopping around my lawn and was so fat it looked like a gray tennis ball with a beak. My perception is the mockingbird is a fearless bird that will defend itself and its family.
From my experience mostly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the mockingbird can imitate many birds and other animals. For example, I have heard them mimicking a squirrel in heat straddling a tree branch. Also, in Philadelphia mockingbirds are known as "cat birds" because they dive bomb stray cats. I have also seen these birds chasing crows and pecking at their tail feathers in flight. I also had the pleasure of having a mockingbird nest in a bush on my lawn many years ago. She had 3 babies, but only one survived. The one that survived was hopping around my lawn and was so fat it looked like a gray tennis ball with a beak. My perception is the mockingbird is a fearless bird that will defend itself and its family.