The Natural Habitat of Mockingbirds

Do a research on the natural habitat of mockingbird. In your research, include the kind of flora and fauna you think exist in Maycomb and explain why the mockingbirds live in Maycomb.

Mockingbirds are best known for mimicking the songs of others of its type. They are members of the Mimidae family, a group of American passerines that also includes thrashers, tremblers, and New World catbirds. These stentorian songbirds, medium sized with angular proportions and long, twitchy tails, range from the Canadian border down through South America.

They serenade the neighborhood for hours in the spring and summer, often at night by the light of a full moon or nearby street light, probably because of the hormonal changes that accompany mating and nesting during this time. Mockingbirds can master 180 calls and more than 400 song types in a few months. Their own call is a musical burble punctuated with an occasional harsh tone.

In this case, Maycomb is said to be a natural habitat for mockingbirds. Therefore there should be many fruiting trees or even shrubs. To attract them, planting some of the below would help.

In the eastern part of the United States

Eastern Plants Loved by Mockingbirds
Bayberry	Chinaberry	hawthorn	redcedar
Beautyberry	crabapple	holly	sassafras
Bittersweet	greenbrier	juniper	serviceberry
Blackberry	elder	mulberry	viburnum
Blackgum	elderberry	palmetto	Virginia Creeper
Black cherry	hackberry	pyracantha	winterberry

In the southwest:

Plants In Southwest
Blackberry	condalia	holly	Virginia creeper
Bluewood	hackberry	ehretia

References--http://yardener.com/YardenersPlantHelper/MakingForAHealthyYardEcology/AttractingBirdsToTheYard/TwelveWorkerSongbirds/Mockingbird