This funny Northern Mockingbird was strutting down the trail the other day and would flap its wings every here and there. It looked like it was dancing. It was just so cute to watch!
2 thoughts on “Dancing Mockingbird On The Trail On Cape Cod.”
“In addition to chasing away intruders to their territories, mockingbird males perform “boundary dances,” which have been found to serve as a defense function warning other males near their boundary “(Derrickson and Breitwisch, 2011).Dec 29, 2017
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Delightful!
A possible explanation of this very cool dance:
“In addition to chasing away intruders to their territories, mockingbird males perform “boundary dances,” which have been found to serve as a defense function warning other males near their boundary “(Derrickson and Breitwisch, 2011).Dec 29, 2017
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