{"id":984292,"date":"2016-06-21T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=3f2861e460839ba4cfdd636a9bb911ee"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:11:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:11:01","slug":"from-baby-beggar-to-brash-adult-mockingbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/from-baby-beggar-to-brash-adult-mockingbird\/","title":{"rendered":"From Baby Beggar To Brash Adult Mockingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks go I was rushing from place to place on a frantic search for warblers. Now the peak of spring migration has passed and we are entering the nesting season.<\/p>\n

This past Saturday I was down at the shore intending to look for shorebirds. Instead, I found myself sitting on a tree stump watching fledgling mockingbirds trying to get their sea legs (or bird legs) under them.<\/p>\n

I think Summer birding calls for a slower pace and watching young mockingbirds in training was a perfect way to slow things down.<\/p>\n

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It was a treat to see these innocent young mockingbirds humbly begging for food knowing they will soon become bold, brash adults belting out songs from their mockingbird jukebox selection of tunes.<\/p>\n