This is one of the 3 baby mockin' birds currently being nursed in my back yard. They all puff out their feathers, lower their wings, and cock their head to one side and gape their mouths like retards for some reason. At first I thought it was because they were reacting to the reflection in the window, but I see them doing the same thing hanging out on the fence, or in the trees. Is it a way to keep cool, or a way to look big, or are they just retarded?
Your guess is as good as mine.
One of the youngins.
Takes them about two weeks to get competent using their beaks after they fledge to eat, and they're constantly begging their parents for food, even when it's right in front of them as it is in this picture.
Soon, dad is going to kick them the fuck out of his territory.