Gray Catbird Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: We live across the street from the Big Sioux Recreation Area in Brandon, South Dakota, and there's nothing I love more than walking through the park in May. That's generally the peak of songbird migration, and when summer residents arrive and set up shop in the park. That includes plenty of Gray Catbirds! They seem to really like the sumac bushes in the early spring, and I love this photo because it typifies where I see them, and also very clearly shows their trademark identifying features (black cap, rusty colored undertail).

Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis


Gray Catbird 1 July 23rd, 2006 Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 2 May 15th, 2005 Outdoor Campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 3 July 3rd, 2017 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 4 May 15th, 2005 Outdoor Campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Gray Catbird 5 July 18th, 2005 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 6 May 27th, 2008 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 7 May 27th, 2008 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 8 May 21st, 2008 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota

Gray Catbird 9 July 20th, 2008 Kingsbury County, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 10 May 21st, 2009 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 11 July 2009 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 12 July 2009 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakot

Gray Catbird 13 May 2011 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 14 May 17th, 2011 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 15 May 17th, 2011 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 16 May 22nd, 2011 Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota

Gray Catbird 17 May 15th, 2014 Brandon, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 18 May 21st, 2020 Outdoor Campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Gray Catbird 19 May 13th, 2017 Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota

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