Gray Catbird Images

Gray Catbird Images, Facts and Information:

Dumetella carolinensis

• Gray Catbirds are medium sized, slender birds that are mostly gray with a black cap and they have a rusty color under their tails.
• Gray Catbirds are migratory in most of their range but some Atlantic coast populations are year round residents.
• Gray Catbirds prefer shrubby habitats, areas with low dense vines or vegetation at the edges of forests, thickets, hedgerows, marshes or riparian areas.
• Gray Catbirds feed primarily on insects and spiders, they also eat fruits, berries and seeds.
• Gray Catbirds lay 2 to 6 eggs which hatch in 12 to 13 days. The females incubate and they are monogamous.
• A group of catbirds can be called a “mewing” of catbirds.
• The oldest known catbird was nearly 18 years old when it died.

I hope you enjoy viewing my Gray Catbird photos.