Mockingbirds are medium sized birds, gray above and pale below. They have white wing patches and outer tail feathers, slender black beaks and legs.

Sexual maturity : 1 year
Mating season: Spring and early summer. Mockingbirds usually nest twice a year sometimes 3 or 4 times when conditions are favorable.
Breeding territory: 1 pair per 20 acres
Gestation: Eggs hatch in 12-13 days, the young fledge 11-13 days after that.
Number of young: 2-6 usually 3-5. Eggs are blue-green with brown markings.
Diet: Insects, friut, crustaceans and small vertebrates

Unmated male mockingbirds sing more than mated ones. Both sexes sing in the fall to claim winter feeding territories. These areas are often different than their spring breeding territories. Mockingbirds mimic other bird’s songs. They have also been known to imitate other sounds they hear such as rusty hinges, whistling and dogs barking. It is thought that the wing-flashing they do helps to flush insects and confuse predators.

• Only unmated males sing at night.
  
  
• Mockingbirds often form long-term pair bonds.
  
  
• Mockingbirds vigorously defend their territory against many other species including dogs, cats and man!
  
  
• Female mockingbirds often build a new nest while the males finish feeding older fledglings and teaching them to fly.
  
  
• Scientists have found that female mockingbirds are attracted to males that can make the most different sounds.
  
  
• Mockingbirds are the state bird of Texas and one of the few birds found in every kind of habitat, from desert to forest to city.
  
  
• Mockingbirds are thought to raise and lower their wings in order to scare up a meal of insects, frighten snakes and impress their mates.
  
  
• Legend has it when Texas chose the mockingbird as its state bird, the resolution stated that the bird is "a fighter for the protection of his home, falling, if need be, in its defense, like any true Texan..." Its species name comes from the Greek mimus to mimic, and ployglottos for "many-tongued.”