A colleague recently asked me about a bird he had heard near his yard that sounded like the meow of a cat. Gray catbird, I told him. If it sounds like a cat and looks like a bird, it's a catbird. I ...

A blue jay named Pluto mimics the sounds of cats, car alarms, and even a washer and dryer. Blue jays are part of the corvid family, which are known for their intelligence and mimicry skills. Another ...

Flop the blue jay has become something of a celebrity.The bird has perfected the art of mimicry, and expertly learned how to "meow" convincingly for visitors at the Florida Keys Wild Bird ...

In Turkey, seagulls have been observed mimicking cat sounds near cat-food vending machines intended for stray animals. These clever birds seemingly use meows to trick passersby into dispensing food, ...

As a wild bird rehabilitator, Sheida Soleimani doesn't typically rescue parrots, but she has a couple of birds that parrot her – even speaking in her native Farsi. Pluto, a blue jay in Soleimani's ...