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 catbirds arrived a couple weeks ago and haven’t been quiet since they landed. They are cousins with mockingbirds and brown thrashers, and all three species are known as mimics because they imitate ...

I heard lots of meows in the neighborhood and forest preserves these past few weeks. They weren’t cats. They were catbirds. Gray catbirds to be exact. The robin-sized gray catbird sports a lovely ...

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