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

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Elizabeth
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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.

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Valentine014
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Mimic thrush?

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

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

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Shan
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birds with insomnia would sing at night, mack.

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quidscribis
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Here, it's squirrels.

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Ryuko
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The birds start singing about four around here.

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

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theamazeeaz
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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.

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Bob_Scopatz
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Night singing birds in Mass area

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mackillian
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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]

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

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

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

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Elizabeth
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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.

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Mr.Gumby
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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.

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

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