IntoBirds Profiles The Gray Catbird – The Cat’s Meow of Birds

IntoBirds was thrilled to discover our old feathered friend, the Gray
Catbird has made his way back to our yard yet another year after
spending his winter south of the U.S. border.

Luigi, as we’ve named him, is quite a handsome bird and he brought
two other catbird friends with him, and they enjoy running among the
leaf litter under our pine trees.

Return Visitors

It made me stop to think about how lucky we were to have this
beautiful tropical long-distance migrant and his avian cohorts choose
this backyard to be nesting in this summer.

Luigi is not banded, but chances are he’s the same catbird that was here last summer.

Catbirds and other bird species return to the same habitat patch to nest year after year.

We’re hoping this bird, and his feathered friends are fortunate
enough to survive the long migration from one season to the next.

Read intoBirds' profile about the quirky Gray Catbird, 'The Gray Catbird – The Cat’s Meow of Birds' here.

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