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species are the same size, about nine inches long. The third member of this mimicking family is the Brown Thrasher.
The thrasher is almost as accomplished though his repertoire is limited. Each of these birds repeats his imitations to the point that I can often name the original. This I do even where there is no one around to hear me say, “Robin, Carolina Wren, Cardinal.”
A catbird’s ‘song* is a series of unmusical notes and disjointed phrases. I say ‘unmusical’ for it sounds so to me, but then I am not a female catbird and know not how she hears and interprets this ragged vocal exercise.
To her, her mate’s song is most likely an endearing and reassuring declaration. It is delivered in a whispery manner, never as loud as the fullthroated aria of a mockingbird of a thrasher. Those two seem to be singing to the whole world; a catbird sings only for his mate. At any rate, that is my highly anthropomorphic interpretation.
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