July 30, 2019

Location: Melbourne, Hundred Acre Hollows

I'm a Mimus polyglottos
AKA Northern Mockingbird or just "Mocker"
My name literally means "many tongued mimic
On moonlit spring nights I am quite the smooth talker.

Sources: PBS Nature Works - Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

Photo and text © 2018 Dee Fairbanks Simpson