Northern Mockingbird In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs,
they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
— fromTo Kill a Mockingbird by
Northern Mockingbird in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
One of the most familiar birds in the Sonoran Desert is the Northern Mockingbird. They hunt insects and spiders eat a wide variety of fruits;
berries of lantana and pyracantha are mainstays. Males and females have similar plumage: nearly uniform gray except for long dark tail
and white patch in open wing. Males are the singers that often practice all night long on a concatenation of bird songs borrowed
from a variety of other bird species. Three plants in particular produce fruit attractive to mocking birds: Desert Mistletoe,
Fremont Thornbush, and Desert Hackberry.
Northern Mockingbird On Saguaro Blossom — Photo-Artistry by kenne
You Look One Way, I’ll Look The Other (Northern Mockingbird & Phainopepla) — Image by kenne
“All of us–bright atheists and committed religionists–need to wake now and hear the earth call . . . .
We need to give and receive as love shows us how, join with each pilgrim who quests for the true,
give heed to the voices of the suffering, awaken our consciences with justice as our guide,
and work toward a planet transformed by our care.”
— Scotty McLennan
Sabino Canyon Mockingbird — Image by kenne
— kenne
Northern Mockingbird In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
–kenne
Northern mockingbirds feed primarily on desert mistletoe berries during the Sonoran desert winter.
— Images by kenne
— Joseph Campbell
Northern Mockingbird In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
–Nicole and MJ
Becoming is Superior to Being 