Catbirds

Catbirds are known to imitate the sounds of other birds.They are gray in color,and have a shade of chestnut,just under their tail.Different species of Catbirds are found in various parts of the world-Spotted Catbird,Green Catbird,White-eared Catbirds,Tooth-billed Catbirds,Gray Catbird,Black Catbird,and Abyssinian Catbird.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Catbirds are secretive but energetic,hopping and fluttering from branch to branch through tangles of vegetation.Singing males sit a top shrubs and small trees.Catbirds are reluctant to fly across open areas,preferring quick ,low flights over vegetation.They mainly eat arthropods and berries,in the winter months bear fruit well liked by this species,and such trees can be planted to attract by gray catbirds into park and gardens.                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                    They build a bulky cup nest in a shrub or tree,close to the ground.Eggs are light blue in color,and clutch size ranges from 1-5,with 2-3 eggs most common.Both parents take turns feeding the young birds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                                  Native to most of temperate North America east of the Rockey Mountains.Gray Catbirds migrate to the southeastern United States,Mexico,Central America ,and the Caribbean in winter,except for the occasional vagrant they always stay east of the American cordillera.They are extremely rare vagrants to western Europe.Normally present on the bredding grounds by May,most leave for winter quarters in September /October,as it seems,this species is increasingly extending its stay in the summer range,with some nowdays remaining until mid-winter as far north as Ohio.The Gray catbirds is a migratory species,Spring migration rages from March to May,and in the fall ranges from late August to November.