We have a crazy nighttime mocking bird that lives in a tree next to our house. He is totally off his rocker. He starts calling about 11:30 at night and goes until about 6am, non-stop, all spring. (Chris and Sai don’t believe us but they left the other night at 11:20 and missed him by 10 minutes.) He is the talk of the neighborhood because his call echoes up and down the street all night. He has about 15-20 different calls (at least that I have counted) that he rotates through. I feel so bad for the guy because I think all the female mocking birds are sleeping right now. I imagine he might be saying “Hello? Anybody? Everybody out there say ‘heyyyyy,’ ‘hoooooooooooooo…’ Come on! Whose ready for a party? What is this, the suburbs or something? Bonjour? N’importe qui? Tout le monde là-bas dit hors…”
This is what he sounds like (remember this is only one bird!):
Crazy night time mocking bird dot mp3
I just went outside and tried to play back his calls to him. He went pensive on me for a bit but after a couple minutes he started right back up. I wonder if when he heard it he thought “damn, must be a good looking bird making those calls. I couldn’t have said it better myself.” I have to go to bed before I am made an honorary member of the Mandy Personification of Animals Club (MPAC).
Oddly whenever I hear him calling I think of Steve Martin saying “I’m a wild and crazy nighttime mocking bird” in that SNL voice.
Yep, no question, I need to go to bed.
Doesn’t that bird come back every year – do you think he is wooing julie? :) You guys could try setting up one of those plastic owls on your roof (those are so weird).
Does anyone remember Bird and Ernie our pigeons at Toscana – I really liked those poopers!!
So that it what it is??? I was going nuts trying to figure out what kinda bird would start singing at 12 midnite till early morn.. I thought he was rare. All I know is that the darn thing wont stop and he only has five tunes….