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 ...

Several years ago, I was awakened nearly every day of late spring by a recurring — and very loud — bird sound. I say “sound,” rather than “song,” because this particular noise was not so melodious as ...

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 ...

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 ...

At Corner Spring, stood listening to a catbird, sounding a good way off. Was surprised to detect the singer within a rod and a half on a low twig... Should not have believed it was he, if I had not ...

Learn how to tell the difference between two gray colored mimic birds with big personalities: the gray catbird vs northern ...

If you have thick shrubs in your yard or live near the edge of a wooded area, that slender gray bird that is eating the grape jelly that you meant for orioles is the beautiful and sleek Gray Catbird.

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