Crack-Smoking Birds
Jul. 14th, 2003 08:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserLike the good little girl that I am, I logged off the MUSH at 11 PM and went to bed. Lights off at 12. Surprisingly, I fell asleep soon after (a rare and really nice thing). A short time later, I wake up. Birds are going crazy outside my window. Glance at the clock.
1:30 AM.
I listened more, and realized it was just one bird. One bird that apparently knows 5-6 "songs". It cycled through those songs, singing each for some number of seconds before going on to the next, just like a car alarm would.
Damned bird wouldn't shut up. It sang straight on through until I finally got up at 6:30. (I slept on and off between those two times.)
What the heck kind of bird sings in the middle of the night? The sun doesn't rise until about 6; 1:30 is *not* pre-dawn.
I hope female birds find this just as annoying as I did, and refuse to mate with him. No continuation for your genes, Mr. Bird!
Edited to add: Hit Google. Seems like it's probably a mockingbird. Someone made a post on a birding board, telling about a situation like mine. The replies:
It's probably a mockingbird. They are famous for singing in the middle of the night! Several people have said that last summer, they were really vocal.......driving them a little crazy at night!
Melodic and repeating in sets, same alternating tune over and over again might just be a Mockingbird. Very territorial, Mockers will sometimes sing at night and create quite a racket.
1:30 AM.
I listened more, and realized it was just one bird. One bird that apparently knows 5-6 "songs". It cycled through those songs, singing each for some number of seconds before going on to the next, just like a car alarm would.
Damned bird wouldn't shut up. It sang straight on through until I finally got up at 6:30. (I slept on and off between those two times.)
What the heck kind of bird sings in the middle of the night? The sun doesn't rise until about 6; 1:30 is *not* pre-dawn.
I hope female birds find this just as annoying as I did, and refuse to mate with him. No continuation for your genes, Mr. Bird!
Edited to add: Hit Google. Seems like it's probably a mockingbird. Someone made a post on a birding board, telling about a situation like mine. The replies:
It's probably a mockingbird. They are famous for singing in the middle of the night! Several people have said that last summer, they were really vocal.......driving them a little crazy at night!
Melodic and repeating in sets, same alternating tune over and over again might just be a Mockingbird. Very territorial, Mockers will sometimes sing at night and create quite a racket.
