seen today on the way to work

[rone]

Over Hwy 85, a small grey bird with white wings flew into a crow or raven, which was also flying.  I saw it hit the crow three times.  I wonder what that was about.

Comments

[bungo.livejournal.com]

There are Mynah birds in CA, right?

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

They're called mockingbirds here! (see below)

I think they're cuties. But then, anything that imitates a vacuum cleaner for fun is pretty neat.

[bungo.livejournal.com]

I stand corrected. Myna birds are from the family Stirnidae, native to Asia. Mockingbirds are from the family Mimidae. Both are passerines, so they're cousins. Or so says Wikipedia.