Up-close and personal view. Mockingbirds dominated the other drinkers at this waterhole. Because of the working well and wind pump at the site of the old Sam Nail Ranch homestead in Big Bend, it is a great place to meet a variety of birds.
Up-close and personal view. Mockingbirds dominated the other drinkers at this waterhole. Because of the working well and wind pump at the site of the old Sam Nail Ranch homestead in Big Bend, it is a great place to meet a variety of birds.
Up-close and personal view. Mockingbirds dominated the other drinkers at this waterhole. Because of the working well and wind pump at the site of the old Sam Nail Ranch homestead in Big Bend, it is a great place to meet a variety of birds.
Up-close and personal view. Mockingbirds dominated the other drinkers at this waterhole. Because of the working well and wind pump at the site of the old Sam Nail Ranch homestead in Big Bend, it is a great place to meet a variety of birds.
Up-close and personal view. Mockingbirds dominated the other drinkers at this waterhole. Because of the working well and wind pump at the site of the old Sam Nail Ranch homestead in Big Bend, it is a great place to meet a variety of birds.
Up-close and personal view. Mockingbirds dominated the other drinkers at this waterhole. Because of the working well and wind pump at the site of the old Sam Nail Ranch homestead in Big Bend, it is a great place to meet a variety of birds.
Up-close and personal view. Mockingbirds dominated the other drinkers at this waterhole. Because of the working well and wind pump at the site of the old Sam Nail Ranch homestead in Big Bend, it is a great place to meet a variety of birds.
Up-close and personal view. Mockingbirds dominated the other drinkers at this waterhole. Because of the working well and wind pump at the site of the old Sam Nail Ranch homestead in Big Bend, it is a great place to meet a variety of birds.

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Northern Mockingbird

(Mimus polyglottos)

Description:

Emboldened by their numbers, all it took to intimidate most of their neighbors was a stern look. The old water source at the Sam Nail Ranch brought the birds in to drink and bathe.

Date Taken: 2020:03:07 10:29

Location:

Sam Nail Ranch
Big Bend National Park, Texas
United States
3606.97 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250

File Name: NorthernMockingbird_D5X3399-SamNailRanch

(C)2019 Jack Daynes

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