The Fourth of July weekend begins today, and you'll soon hear the sound of firecrackers, cherry bombs and other pyrotechnics. But those aren't the only noises of the summer season. Mockingbirds sing a ...

Waking up to birds chirping can be relaxing. Waking up to a bird squawking in the middle of the night– well that’s just irritating. If you live in Fort Worth, you have most likely had this experience.

I’m not sure I’d want to live in a world without the ebullient song of the northern mockingbird. But the email I get from readers at best seeks hints on how to stop them from singing all night long.

Mockingbirds go through their song sequence three times, brown thrashers do their sequences twice, catbirds only once. Catbirds are so called because their call sounds so like a cat's mew."<P> The ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It is the season, for some, to want to kill a mockingbird. But it is not only a sin to kill a mockingbird, it is illegal. Even if it is keeping you up all night. In Harper Lee's ...

“Effing mockingbirds, man” is the title of a short Yelp thread about the San Francisco area. “Don’t they realize this ain’t the countryside?” goes the top comment. “What are they doing yelling outside ...

The northern mockingbird has been the state bird of Texas since 1927 when the state legislature declared, “WHEREAS, Ornithologists, musicians, educators and Texans in all walks of life unite in ...

Q. Why do mockingbirds mimic the songs of other birds? Are there any other bird mimics? Can birds reproduce the sounds of other animals? A. Mimicry is a common trait of the northern mockingbird, which ...