Birds of a feather: the Mockingbird and the Yellow-Shafted Flicker migrate to warmer climates each fall.
Migration is an annual fall event for many species of birds. Hummingbirds are among the first to leave as summer turns to fall. Several species of ducks and other waterfowl often head toward Cape Cod and other coastal areas before finally departing. Among the birds from the central Massachusetts area that migrate each fall are:
Bald Eagle – Southeastern States
Bluebird – Southern States
Brown Thrasher – Southern States
Catbird – Southern States
Cedar Waxwing – partial migration; may stay overwinter but move in flocks
Chimney Swift – South America
Cowbird – Southern States
Duck, Wood – Southern States
Duck, Black – Southern States
Duck, Mallard – Southern States, Mexico, Central America
Flicker, Yellow-Shafted – Southern States
Goose, Canada – may be non-migratory in some areas
Grackle – Southern States
Hawk, Sparrow (Kestrel) – Southern States, Central America
Hawk, Broadwing – Central America, South America
Heron, Great Blue - Southern States, Central America, South America
Hummingbird, Ruby-Throated – Southern States, Mexico, Central America,
Indigo Bunting – Mexico, Central America, South America
Kingfisher – Southern States, Central America, South America
Kingbird – Central America, South America
Kinglet, Ruby-crowned – Southern States, Mexico South America
Killdeer – Southern States, Mexico, Central America
Loon – Gulf Coast, Southern states, Mexico
Mockingbird – a partial migrator; some individuals overwinter in our neighborhood
Nighthawk – South America
Oriole, Northern and Orchard - Mexico, Central America, South America
Phoebe, Eastern – Southern States, Mexico
Red-winged Blackbird – Southern States, Mexico, Central America
Redstart – Mexico, Central America, South America
Robin – Some migrate to Southern States and Central America; others remain
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak – Mexico, Central America, South America
Scarlet Tanager – Central America, South America
Sparrow, Chipping – Southern States, Central America, Mexico
Sparrow, Field – Southern States, Gulf of Mexico
Sparrow, Fox – Southern States
Sparrow, Song – Southern States
Sparrow, White-Throated – Southern States, Mexico
Sparrow, White-Crowned – Southern States, Mexico
Starling – can be migrator or non-migrator; some will go to southern states
Swallow, Tree – Mexico, Central America
Swallow, Barn – Central America
Towhee – Southern States, South America
Turkey Vulture – Southern States, Mexico, Central America
Veery -South America
Warblers – Central America, South America
Woodcock – Southern States
Wood Pewee – Costa Rica, Northwest South America
Wood Thrush -Mexico to Panama, with some in Texas and Southern Florida
Wren – Southern States, Mexico
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker – Mexico, Central America
Yellow-Throat – Southern States, Central America
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September 21, 2009 at 8:15 pm09
just a note: we have mockingbirds all year round. They are very territorial and will attack a cat lying on the ground minding its own business. They wake me every morning. They seem to build their nests in the same place each year…………perhaps it is the offspring? Do you know how long they live as a rule?