The Mocking Bird is a species of bird known to be loud and incessant vocalist local to the North, South, and Central American regions. A Mocking Birds song is a mixture of its own harmonious notes and tones including up to 40 other distinct noises and sounds. They get their name from their ability to mimic a large variety of other bird’s songs. They are also known to repeat the sounds of frogs, sirens, dogs, and sometimes even human voices. It’s said these birds have more brain devoted solely to the memory of song. Mocking Birds never stop learning new tunes to add to their song. Mocking Birds are related to thrushes and wrens. They are similar in size to thrushes. They have longer tails and medium sized beaks. They are usually brown like a thrush but are pale below with heavy markings. They can also be seen in grey and sometimes bright blue. The species normally forms habitats in dry, almost desert, areas and make homes in dense vegetation on the ground. Sometimes, but rarely, they can make homes in rainforests and dense marshes. All species build bulky nests of twigs and shrubbery close to, or on the ground. They lay two to five eggs which hatch in about two week’s time. Chicks are normally raised to leave the nest in the same amount of time it took them to hatch. Most pairs normally stay within the same area to breed, although some species are known to relocate if they fail. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mocking Bird it is said to be a sin to kill a mocking bird because they do nothing but make music for everyone to listen to. In the book the mocking bird symbolizes two peaceful men, Boo Bradley and Tom Robinson. People only hear the mocking bird through other birds’ songs just as people only know Boo and Tom through other peoples view points.