Native to the Southwest, related to mockingbirds and a distant cousin of the nightingale, they perch atop cactus and have, for several decades, added a strong measure of enjoyment to the urban bungalow known as Squidgewood Manor.
Couples stay together for life and may have two broods over a summer.
Aggressively territorial, they have, over time, managed to tolerate the four roadrunners with whom they reluctantly share the postage-stamp "wilds" of this oasis.
The Gimlet Eye
Skeptical of photographers.
A noble bird
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