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Mockingbird
* Many mockingbirds mimic the calls of other birds.
* also disperse the seeds of many plants.
* are abundant year-round throughout the state of Texas
  - beneficial to agriculture because they eat so many insects, which eat plants
  - master imitators and can mimic the calls of many other birds
  - unusual among birds in their unrelenting focus on breeding
  - year-round residents of Florida, beloved for their singing, even in flight
* can imitate any sound from a squeaking door to a cat meowing.
* enjoy eating fruits and berries of holly, smilax, woodbine, sumac.
* imitate the songs and calls of other birds.
* mimic other species and also produce a tchack or chair sound.
* often sing at night.

Modern bird
* All modern birds are toothless
  - have beaks and feathers
* are toothless and grind their food in a muscular gizzard near the stomach
* have backward pointed pubis.
* lack teeth and acquire food with a rigid protein structure known as a bill.

Motmot
* are birds
  - found in forests, feed on insects and fruit, and nest in holes in banks
  - funny looking birds which often have a long tail ending in a little tassel-like feather
  - magnificent birds with striking turquoise plumage
  - similar to bee-eaters but are more forest birds with elongated center tail feather
  - vocal at dawn
* get their name from their owl-like double hoots.
* sculpt their distinctive tails.

Native bird
* Most native birds take food.
* Some native birds are toucans , parrots , ducks, partridges, herons and parrakeets
  - consume nectar
* Some native birds occur in density
  - low density
* Some native birds prey on desert tortoises
  - use boxes
* abound in the trees, and provide song throughout the day.
* are abundant throughout the year.

Neotropical bird
* Many neotropical birds require large areas of woodland to raise their young.
* Some neotropical birds breed in the forests found in the Bay watershed.
* tend to go around in mixed flocks.

Nest bird
* occur in forest habitats
* prefer trees.
* to find adequate food
* use senses.

New bird
* appear daily as they migrate north, especially the sparrows.
* represent a great risk to biosecurity because their disease status is unknown.

Noisy bird
* Most noisy birds use calls.
* Some noisy birds have vocabulary.

Normal bird
* Every normal bird can fly.
* adjust their song to what it hears from adults in the vicinity.

North american bird
* feed on fly insects
* have tails.
* maintain territory.

Northern bird
* Some northern birds migrate south for the winter.
* are significantly larger than their southern relatives
  - usually larger than southern birds
* have a green color, in the south it is chestnut.
* migrate to the southern United States or northern Mexico.
* tend to be larger than southern.

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Nuthatch
* All nuthatches are cavity nesters.
* also probe crevices for smaller seeds and insects.
* are among the few non-woodpeckers that excavate their own nest cavities from solid wood
  - one of the easiest birds to hand tame
  - the only birds able to move easily down vertical surfaces headfirst
  - valuable birds to have around
  - very acrobatic birds and are equally at home climbing headfirst up or down a tree
* hop down the tree trunks and branches, also searching for insects.
* inhabit deciduous forests throughout Pennsylvania and the East.
* prefer to inhabit large, old trees in deciduous and mixed deciduous-coniferous forests
  - nest near open areas and forest edges
* roost in cavities in trees.

Oilbird
* are a gregarious lot, nesting on ledges along the darkened walls of caves
  - also the only nocturnal, fruit-eating birds
  - nocturnal and inhabit caves
* use echolocation to reach their nests, which are located deep within caves.