What's Your Favorite Bird Song?

“really, there is such a book?

I have "Zen and the art of archery"”

“Oh Yeah, LOL”

“As a displaced son of the South, I am culturally and spiritually obliged to say "Free Bird".

Formalities now out of the way, I'd have to say that among avians my favorite call would be from the Wipporwill. The call of the Chickwillswidow comes in a close second, but only because it sounds like that of the wipporwill, only spun backwards.

The unmistakable screech of the Bald Eagle never fails to get my attention either. Not because it's overtly complex or pretty, but because of its intensity. Eagles always wear a demeanor that say "I might just kick your @ss for the heck of it." Their call is a perfect extension of their attitude.

Ordin”

“Favorite - Red-winged blackbirds, Meadowlarks, and Chickadees.

Least favorite - Stellar's or Pinyon Jays!”

“tweet tweet”

“I don't know the name of it but, how about that one that goes something like: (The bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word...."”

“Then there's that number by the Holy Modal Rounders on the Easy Rider soundtrack....”

“I like the cardinal's song, because it is so distinct.
Chickadees also, because I find them to be so amusing...

:o)”

“the sound of a burning chickens foot”

“ooh, chicken feet..yum..they eat those in Hong Kong at the movies the way we eat popcorn..”

“Mockingbirds Sing at Night






Dear Bird Folks,
I really enjoy the birds in my yard, but there is this one crazy bird, I think a mockingbird, that chooses the middle of the night to sing. I'm the world's lightest sleeper and this bird starts about 2 a.m. and keeps me awake for hours. Why is it singing and when will it stop?

-Yawning in Yarmouth


Yo Yawning,
"Yawning in Yarmouth," wasn't that a Tom Hanks' movie? Yes, your crazy bird is, indeed, a mockingbird. And you are not alone, lots of people are being awakened by mockers this summer. You may want to look into starting some kind of late night support group. Why your mockingbird is up singing so late is anybody's guess. Perhaps it's been eating too much chili or it is just coming home from working the late shift at Bud's Go-Karts.

Believe it or not, many birds sing at night in the summer. Like you, the warm weather makes them light sleepers, too. I was out for a walk late last night and heard both a cardinal and a song sparrow singing. For most birds, it is usually just a short burst of song, almost like they just had a bad dream. Or maybe they just had a real good dream, after all, they were singing. But mockingbirds, apparently, are truly light sleepers or light singers. A moonlit night or other bright light causes them to wake up and sing, sometimes for hours. But it is not just any mocker that is singing, most of the time it is unmated males that are singing. Mated birds are too tired from raising kids to do any late night singing, but male mockers, who have not yet found a date for the summer, aren't about to let a little darkness cramp their style.

The bad news is that there is little you can do, except to hope for a lunar eclipse to darken the night-time sky. The good news is that soon the mating instinct will leave the luckless males and they will give up singing and join a monastery. In the meantime, Yawning, try a glass of warm milk, or do some reading (just don't read "To Kill a Mockingbird"), or watch CSPAN. That will put anyone to sleep.




so who here wants to date the bird till the fall so i can sleep all night?”

“Holy Modal Rounders!”

“you have birds that do folk music? very cool LOL
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“I'll take a mocking bird any night of the week over a Whip-poor-will”

“Easy Rider soundtrack....”

“dork!!”

“ME? You're the one who rides a motorcycle wearing a football helmet!”

“At least I ain't one o' them organ donors who wears no helmet!

>8^b”

“Don't wanna wind up like Gary Busey!”

“Or that fool kid quarterback for the Pittsburgh Stealers.

What was his name, Huffinreefer?
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“get a bb gun”

“WTF are you all talking about?”

“i think they are singing about sex. you'd sing to if it had been a whole year since the last time.”

“they are singing because they are horny

they have yet to find a mate.

LMAO sounds like some of the guys here on TT”

“i wonder; if i turn up my speakers, will i hear them singing mapes?”