Scientific Name: Mimus polyglottos
Family: Mimidae
Native Range: Mexico, United States, Southern Canada; Pennsylvania
Size: Medium mimid: Length: 20.5 to 28 cm (8.1 to 11.0 in); Wingspan: 31–38 cm (12–15 in)
Active: Year-round resident*
Field Markings: “Gray overall; darker above; White wing patches and outer tail feathers flash conspicuously in flight; Long, blackish wings and tail; Short, black bill” (Alderfer p. 186-187)
August 7, 2020: Across the street from out house is a tall evergreen tree with a bare leader. Our local mockingbird perches at the top and sings and does its flip display. One afternoon, I heard a cell phone ring while I was in the yard, which morphed into a bird call and then into another. I looked up and realized that the mocking bird had learned to ring like a phone.
Mockingbird in Its Perching Tree 
Mockingbird Preforming Its Display 
Mockingbird Returns to Its Perch