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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Two nights in a row, at about this time, we've got birds outside chirping. What birds chirp at night? This is so weird.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

There is a bird that sings at about 4 AM in the summer when we camp, and I used to know its name. A type of thrush, I think.

Mack, yours could be a whipoorwill, if it sounds like its name.

Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :

Mimic thrush?

quote:
...only unmated males sing at night in the spring...

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

Yeah, slacker, bachealor, Jay and Silent Bob birds.

Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :

birds with insomnia would sing at night, mack.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Here, it's squirrels.

Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :

The birds start singing about four around here.

Not like I know from personal experience or anything. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :

The nightengale?

Then the lark sings in the morning.

After that you'd better hurry because they'll kill you if you don't get the heck out of Verona.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Night singing birds in Mass area

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Either the mockingbird or the mimic thrush. One of my good friends is a PhD candidate who studies birds. And he's in HAWAII right now. Not that I'm jealous or anything. But he's my goto man for bird questions and he isn't around. *shakes fist*

I was playing bird calls last night trying to identify the bird. The window was open, and the bird kept answering back. [Big Grin]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

I am pretty sure the predawn bird was the hermit thrush, now that I think about it. It was absolutely beautiful.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

If it's a mockingbird (= mimic thrush), identifying it by its call might be a wasted effort.

They mock (i.e., mimic) other birds.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

When I read about the hermit thrush, it said they sing after dusk, but are most easily heard befpre dawn.
My daughter and I were lying together in the tent in the woods at about four AM, and it is one of those moments in time that I will cherish forever.

Posted by Mr.Gumby (Member # 6303) on :

quote:
Originally posted by T_Smith:
Yeah, slacker, bachealor, Jay and Silent Bob birds.

So do they stand in front of the Quick Stop singing... oh wait. there are younglings in this forum.

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Well, whatever the bird is, he answered the calls I was playing. [Razz]