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	The Mockingbird Foundation
		The Mockingbird Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by Phish fans in 1996 (incorporated March 1997) to generate charitable proceeds from the Phish community.
		The Mockingbird Foundation distributes more than 99% of its revenue from volunteer projects to worthy charitable groups in music education for children.
		The Mockingbird Foundation has announced the four inaugural winners of the DeLucia Award for Innovation in Music Education, as well as the winner of the first DeLucia Prize: Dr. Will Schmid.
	www.mockingbirdfoundation.org (1489 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)
		Mockingbird (Barbara "Bobbi" Morse-Barton) is a Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the Avengers and West Coast Avengers.
		Though Mockingbird was first introduced as a SHIELD agent with missions in the Savage Land with Ka-Zar, she was not well known until the first Hawkeye miniseries from Marvel.
		Mockingbird leaves the Avengers and for a time she and ex-Avengers Tigra and Moon Knight operate as a small fighting unit.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mockingbird-%28Marvel-Comics%29 (850 words)

	Mockingbird - MSN Encarta
		The northern mockingbird is one of the most famous avian mimics, combining in its song notes of its own with imitations of other birds, or mechanical sounds.
		Most mockingbirds are tropical; the northern mockingbird has expanded northward in the United States and southern Canada since the 1950s, when it was rarely seen north of New Jersey.
		The Socorro mockingbird is confined to the largest of the Revillagigedo Islands in the Pacific Ocean, southwest of the Baja California Peninsula.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761553990 (285 words)

	Listen to the Mockingbird - National Wildlife Magazine
		Mockingbirds are unusual among birds in their unrelenting focus on breeding.
		Mockingbird pairs, particularly in the northern part of their range, usually split up for the fall and winter.
		Cheryl Logan tells the story of one female mockingbird she was observing that spent enormous amounts of time lingering in a campus parking lot.
	www.nwf.org /nationalwildlife/article.cfm?issueID=89&articleID=1244 (2029 words)

	Birds of Texas - Mockingbirds
		The mockingbird is a slim, grey bird with yellow-orange eyes and a long, sharp beak.
		The male mockingbird is the one who does all the singing; he sings to attract females.
		Mockingbirds are very protective of their young and will even attack cats when baby birds are threatened.
	www.flex.net /~lonestar/mockingbird.htm (91 words)

	Mockingbird Funding Guidelines
		Mockingbird is particularly interested in projects that foster self-esteem and free expression, but does not typically fund music therapy which is not education or music appreciation which does not include participation.
		Mockingbird is particularly (though not exclusively) interested in programs which benefit disenfranchised groups, including those with low skill levels, income, or education; with disabilities or terminal illnesses; and in foster homes, shelters, hospitals, prisons, or other remote or isolated situations.
		Mockingbird does not normally consider grants to individuals or to fund research, fundraising organizations or events, programs that promote or engage in religious or political doctrine, or organizations outside the United States.
	www.mockingbirdfoundation.org /funding/guidelines.html (927 words)

	Mockingbird
		The mockingbird has been made famous in several songs, including “Listen to the Mockingbird” and “Mockingbird” as well as the book and film “To Kill A Mockingbird” (the title refers to the fact that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird because it harms no one and produces such a beautiful song).
		Mockingbirds mate for life and are extremely faithful to their mates.
		Mockingbirds are loving parents, and become distressed if any of their young fall out of the nest.
	www.robstewartphotography.com /facts/Mockingbird.asp?i_id=557 (469 words)

	Texas State Bird: Mockingbird - SHG Resources
		The mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is the state bird of Texas, adopted by the Legislature at the request of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs.
		Mockingbirds are the state bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas and one of the few birds found in every kind of habitat, from desert to forest to city.
		Mockingbirds are thought to raise and lower their wings in order to scare up a meal of insects, frighten snakes and impress their mates.
	www.shgresources.com /tx/symbols/bird (997 words)

	Northern Mockingbird
		The Northern Mockingbird, family Mimidae, is one of 31 species of catbirds, thrashers, and mockingbirds that occur in the western hemisphere.
		The Northern Mockingbird, or "many tongued mimic," is known for its distinctive gray plumage, large white wing patches and its seemingly tireless repertoire of songs.
		The Northern Mockingbird is a gray and white robin sized bird with a wingspan of 13 to 15 inches.
	www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/nomock.htm (587 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Mockingbirds build their nests in trees, shrubs, and vines up to a height of fifty feet; they use twigs, leaves, horsehair, grass, cotton, string, and other materials.
		Mockingbirds are among the most capable defenders of their territory and frequently attack hawks and cats, which prey on them and their young.
		The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee, as well as of Texas.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/NN/tbn1.html (779 words)

	Mimus polyglottos, The Mockingbird -- Florida's State Bird
		The northern mockingbird is a medium-sized songbird measuring about 23 cm (about 9 in.) and weighing about 50 g (about 2 oz.), with longish legs and tail and a slightly curved bill.
		The mockingbird is monogamous, usually for the length of a breeding season, and occasionally mates for life.
		In the spring, mockingbirds can be seen performing their swift, acrobatic flights, male chasing female, often accompanied by the exchange of soft "hew" calls, repeatedly perching next to each other and taking off again.
	www.floridagardener.com /critters/Mockingbird.htm (1091 words)

	NatureWorks - Northern Mockingbird (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The mockingbird is gray on top and white on its underside.
		The northern mockingbird can be found in most of the continental United States from southern Oregon through northern Utah to Newfoundland and south to Mexico.
		The mockingbird was given its name because of its ability to mimic the calls of dozens of other bird species.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/mockingbird.htm (246 words)

	Northern Mockingbird (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The highest densities of Northern Mockingbirds are found from Florida along the Gulf Coast to central Texas, in areas where the average January temperature is at least 30 degrees.
		Mockingbirds established a breeding territory in the spring and a separate territory concentrated around a food source during the non-breeding season, which they must defend against other fruit-eating birds.
		Mockingbird pairs may remain together for life, but some pairs, especially in the northern part of the range, separate to establish their own distinct winter territories.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /BOW/NORMOC (747 words)

	Facts - Office of Cultural & Historical Programs
		Mockingbirds are usually about ten inches in length, with a fifteen-inch wingspan, grayish upper portions, white undersides, and white patches on the tail and wings.
		The mockingbird is helpful to humans because it usually feeds on insects and weed seeds.
		The nest, a joint project of the male and female mockingbird, is a bulky, open cup of grass, twigs, and rootlets carelessly arranged in a dense tree or bush.
	dhr.dos.state.fl.us /facts/symbols/symbol.cfm?page=1&id=4 (230 words)

	Mockingbird Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Mockingbird is mostly gray, with large white patches on the wings and tail.
		Nest and Eggs: The Mockingbird's nest is made of twigs, moss, and grass, and is lined with feathers.
		Mockingbirds will ferociously protect their eggs and young; they will even swoop down and attack cats or people.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/birds/printouts/Mockingbirdprintout.shtml (289 words)

	CD Baby: MOCKINGBIRD: We 3 - from jkloss
		Mockingbird is an acappella trio, consisting of Robin Wallbridge, Sherrie Lutsch and Lesley Rigg.
		Mockingbird's repertoire is broad, crossing genres and generations, covering greats from Lennon & McCartney to Stephen Foster to Joni Mitchell, as well as some wonderfully quirky new tunes of their own.
		And the overall prevailing theme that echoes in the hallways of your mind and heart long after listening to the music of Mockingbird is the peaceful and loving flow of life that is ours to claim if we only dig deeply enough.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/mockingbird/from/jkloss (552 words)

	Northern Mockingbird (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mockingbird nests can be found one to 50 feet above the ground in the fork of a tree or on the branch of a bush.
		Habitat and Distribution: The Northern Mockingbird is distributed widely and it has extended its range much farther north in recent years.
		Mockingbirds live year-around across Texas where they frequent lawns and gardens in urban and rural environments, edges of open woods, farmland, streamside thickets and brushy deserts.
	www.holoweb.com /cannon/northergn.htm (331 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
		Mockingbirds are strongly territorial and, like a number of other birds, will attack their reflection in a window, hubcap, or mirror, at times with such vigor that they injure or kill themselves.
		At mating time, the male Northern Mockingbird becomes increasingly exuberant, flashing his wings as he flies up in an aerial display, or singing while flying from one song post to another.
		Mockingbirds require open grassy areas for their feeding; thick, thorny, or coniferous shrubs for hiding the nest; and high perches where the male can sing and defend his territory.
	www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesRECNUM.asp?recnum=BD0136 (256 words)

	Mockingbird - Marvel Universe: The definitive online source for Marvel super hero bios.
		Mockingbird's costume was made of Kevlar and Beta cloth making it bulletproof and fire resistant.
		When Hawkeye was appointed head of the West Coast branch of the Avengers, Mockingbird became the team's first new recruit and was instrumental in helping Hawkeye form the new team.
		Months later, during a time traveling adventure in 1876, Mockingbird was abducted and drugged by the crazed vigilante called the Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade), who attempted to force her to become his bride.
	www.marvel.com /universe/Mockingbird (581 words)

	Mockingbird Bistro Wine Bar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Compared to "an inside-the-park home run" by a discerning Houston restaurant critic, Mockingbird Bistro Wine Bar on the edge of Houston’s tony River Oaks is operating at bases-loaded capacity every night.
		A casual and comfortable neighborhood eatery, Mockingbird is Sheely’s Texas take on that French institution, the bistro.
		Typical of Sheely’s straightforward and gregarious manner, the food at Mockingbird, which opened in January 2002, is simply prepared and presented, but with a deft touch that only a talented chef can accomplish.
	www.mockingbirdbistro.com /chef.htm (410 words)

	Jesusfreakhideout.com: Derek Webb, "Mockingbird" Review (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mockingbird is very thought-provoking, making the listener consider deep life questions rather than push them aside.
		Everything that Webb sings about on Mockingbird are topics that He feels Christ laid on his heart.
		Mockingbird is altogether a wonderful collection of songs that fans of Derek Webb and Caedmon's Call will enjoy.
	www.jesusfreakhideout.com /cdreviews/Mockingbird.asp (382 words)

	Operation Mockingbird
		One of the most important journalists under the control of Operation Mockingbird was Joseph Alsop, whose articles appeared in over 300 different newspapers.
		Starting in the early days of the Cold War (late 40's), the CIA began a secret project called Operation Mockingbird, with the intent of buying influence behind the scenes at major media outlets and putting reporters on the CIA payroll, which has proven to be a stunning ongoing success.
		Mockingbird was an immense financial undertaking with funds flowing from the CIA largely through the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) founded by Tom Braden with Pat Buchanon of CNN's Crossfire.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /JFKmockingbird.htm (11830 words)

	Learn About the Mockingbird at Wild Birds Forever
		Mockingbirds can be fiercely territorial during the mating season as they defend their nests and territories.
		Mockingbirds are long streamlined gray birds reaching up to 9 inches in length, with white undersides and flashy white wing patches and outer tail feathers.
		Mockingbirds require open grassy areas for their feeding, thick, thorny shrubs for hiding the nest and high perches where the male can sing and defend his territory.
	www.birdsforever.com /mock.html (349 words)

	The Texas State Bird: Mockingbird
		The song of the mockingbird is, in fact, a medley of the calls of many other birds.
		The mockingbird is also known as a fierce protector of its nest and environment.
		The mimus polyglottos, as the mockingbird is known scientifically, is about ten inches in length, including its relatively long tail.
	www.lsjunction.com /bird.htm (205 words)

	Season One - April Bird of the Month - Northern Mockingbird
		The mockingbird imitates other birds so expertly that sound spectrographs show the renditions to be exact duplicates, even to the high-pitched overtones inaudible to human ears.
		A famous mockingbird at Boston's Arnold Arboretum was heard to reproduce "39 bird songs, 50 bird calls, and the sounds of a frog and a cricket.
		Mockingbirds form long-term pair bonds and show unusual fidelity to their mates.
	www.passporttotexas.com /birds/apr.html (331 words)

	Bookreporter.com - MOCKINGBIRD: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields
		Lee was to join the family firm as well, but once she worked on the literary magazine at the University of Alabama, she knew her greatest dream was to go to New York, much like her friend Truman did, and become a writer.
		And perhaps later on, when she was being heralded as the next literary beacon, there was a twinge of jealousy on Capote's part.
		In MOCKINGBIRD, Shields has assembled quite an informative biography of an enigmatic but truly influential writer, despite the fact that Lee herself has chronically shunned any offers for interviews throughout the years.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews2/080507919X.asp (990 words)

	All About Birds
		The "American nightingale," the Northern Mockingbird is known for its long, complex songs that include imitations of many other birds.
		The Northern Mockingbird frequently gives a "wing flash" display, where it half or fully opens its wings in jerky intermediate steps, showing off the big white patches.
		The Northern Mockingbird is a loud and persistent singer.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Northern_Mockingbird_dtl.html (519 words)

	Powell's Books - Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields
		Highly entertaining, filled with humor and heart, this is an evocative portrait of a writer, her dream, and the place and people whom she made immortal.
		Although journalist Shields interviewed 600 of Harper Lee's acquaintances and researched the papers of her childhood friend Truman Capote, he is no match for the elusive Lee, who stopped granting interviews in 1965 and wouldn't talk to him.
		'Mockingbird' is less a biography than, as its subtitle claims, 'a portrait,' and like all portraits, it is highly subjective.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=080507919x (1997 words)

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