I spied a gray catbird the other day at our suet feeder in Decatur, the first one I’ve seen in our yard this year. It probably has been nesting in the thick hedge in my yard all spring, but the ...

The gray catbird is native to North America. Its range extends across most of the U.S. except for several far western states. Adults are about the size of a cowbird. The gray catbird is a migratory ...

A colleague recently asked me about a bird he had heard near his yard that sounded like the meow of a cat. Gray catbird, I told him. If it sounds like a cat and looks like a bird, it's a catbird. I ...

The gray catbird might be the most aptly named bird species on the planet. It is certainly a bird. Looking at it, no one would mistake it for a cat. Hearing it is a little different. The catbird has a ...

Perhaps the best description of the catbird is “uniformly gray” – but only in appearance. Certainly not in vocalization. The catbird has a remarkable repertoire, including the familiar mewing noises ...

We had a pair of catbirds that nested in some thick shrubs behind our house this spring and summer. They are most interesting. They are handsome birds – slate gray with a black crown, though not ...

Our neighbors have cats. So when I heard what sounded like a cat stranded up a tree, I went searching for the sound. Instead of a cat, though, the meow-like call was coming from a Dumetella ...

The gray catbird is a baffling bird with a personality that runs the gamut from introverted to extroverted, sometimes depending on the season and at other times seemingly just on a whim. With some ...

Mainers love their birds and so this summer we are telling you about a different bird each week with the help of Maine Audubon. Also read: 'Wee-eep!': Hear this flycatcher before you see it, high in ...