This photo provided by the University of Florida, taken April 19, 2009, shows a mockingbird grazing University of Florida biology major Devon Duffy, in Gainesville, Fla., in an attempt to drive her ...

A Jacksonville faith writer explores how the fierce, protective nature of the Northern mockingbird mirrors a mother's courage ...

Q During my morning walk, I saw a nest with two baby mockingbirds in it. As I approached the bush the nest was in, the parent bird flew off. It perched on a nearby mailbox and watched as I took a ...

Biologists are reporting that mockingbirds recognize and remember people whom the birds perceive as threatening their nests. If the white-and-grey songbirds common in cities and towns throughout the ...

Mockingbirds are on the attack! One man told me he couldn’t get to his mailbox without a mockingbird dive-bombing him and screeching in his ears. Some students at Lone Star College-Kingwood report ...

It’s nesting season. Beware. Dive-bombing mockingbirds are in the air. That sudden fluttering of wings at your ear, that peck on the skull? Florida’s plucky state bird is warding off potential ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study shows cats are the dominant predator to mockingbird eggs and nestlings in urban areas, prompting conservationists to urge pet owners to keep ...

A new Tulane University study finds that lead contamination in cities isn't just a risk for children. It could also mean fewer hatchlings for mockingbirds. The study, published in Environmental ...

Most of Georgia’s year-round songbirds, such as robins, bluebirds and cardinals, establish and aggressively defend territories during the spring and summer nesting season. Come autumn, however, with ...