Gray Catbird - Catbirds will skulk around in the shrubs and bushes. I usually find these birds near creeksides and the edges of farm fields. They are very vocal if you are to near their nest.
(The
gray catbird (
Dumetella carolinensis), also spelled
grey catbird, is a medium-sized North American and Central American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of the "catbird" genus
Dumetella. Like the black catbird (
Melanoptila glabrirostris), it is among the basal lineages of the Mimidae, probably a closer relative of the Caribbean thrasher and trembler assemblage than of the mockingbirds and
Toxostoma thrashers. In some areas it is known as the
slate-colored mockingbird.
from
Wikipedia)
