English home-learning homework

Naturalist:

a. 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.

Mockingbird

Mockingbirds are renowned for their ability to mimic the songs of other songbirds. Their own call is a musical burble punctuated with an occasional harsh tone.

Originally natives of open scrub pine and oak forests of the West and Southeast, mockingbirds have edged northward over the last 30 years. They developed an affinity for mowed lawns and ornamental shrubs that offer them insects and berries they love to eat.

Mockingbirds are very comfortable around people. They now range from parts of southern Canada to southern Mexico. Some mockingbirds, typically those in the west, and in the northern most part of their range in Canada, migrate toward warmer regions south or to the coast. The Mockingbird is the state bird of Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi. Mockingbirds will live 4 to 12 years.

Mockingbirds love just about any fruiting shrub or tree, many of which you are likely to have in your yard already. Honeysuckle, a hedge of privet, dogwood, cherry trees and eloigns are staples of many home landscapes. To attract mockingbirds and encourage these otherwise cheerful birds to visit your yard, try planting:

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

On the west coast:

Plants On West Coast
Bearberry	California peppertree	elderberry	laurel
Blackberry	Cascara	fig	nightshade
Buckhorn	cedar	grape

Referring to the environment and climate of Maycomb, I think the plants that would grow would be the Eastern plants as listed above. This attracts mockingbirds as there is a wide variety of choices for them to pick from.