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Across the Fence:  Songbird that sings at night??  |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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 Posted - Apr 22 2007 : 11:34:30 AM
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What kind of songbird sings at night?? I heard him about midnight the other night and figured I was hallucinating...it had to be coming from a radio or tv somewhere in the house. But last night when I went to bed and it was dead quiet, I heard him again. It's not like a nighthawk or similar, this is an actual melody. Any ideas what it could be? It's almost a little creepy hearing him sing in the dead of night.
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DeeDee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Wyoming
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Posted - Apr 22 2007 : 11:38:16 AM
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| Possibly a nightingale |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
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Georgann
Midlothian
VA
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Apr 22 2007 : 12:46:19 PM
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Hmmm...no nightingales in this neck of the woods.
Georgann - that is a really neat website.
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2007 : 1:03:52 PM
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do you have mockingbirds there?
we get mockingbirds that can sing at midnight around here.
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Sweet Harvest Homestead
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lindy
Stanfield
NC
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2007 : 1:18:37 PM
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I think you have a Mockingbird A.K.A- Racket Bird.
We have one that wakes us at the stroke of midnight with lovely songs.
I have to turn a fan on to drown out the racket.
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Apr 22 2007 : 1:41:33 PM
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Gee I wonder if that's what it could be, I have never heard a songbird sing at midnight. My field guide shows them as "accidental" in these Pacific northwestern parts. Now I need to get a flashlight at night and search him out!
Speaking of racket Lindy, I have a pair of mated(mating) flickers this spring. What a couple of noisy clowns they are!
Di
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MariaAZ
True Blue Farmgirl
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Phoenix
AZ
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Posted - Apr 22 2007 : 2:12:43 PM
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We have a lot of mockingbirds in our neighborhood, and I love listening to them late at night. Around here they usually sing from around midnight to just before sunrise.
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Alee
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Alee
Worland
Wy
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Posted - Apr 22 2007 : 7:56:37 PM
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Georgann-
What a wonderful website! Thank you so much for sharing that with us!
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Apr 23 2007 : 07:14:49 AM
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I thought there were no nightingales in the Americas? The mockingbird gets my vote.
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Mountain Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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JoAnn
Colville
Washington
USA
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Posted - Apr 23 2007 : 07:48:48 AM
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Michelle, you are correct the nightingale an old world bird. The mockingbird range in my books is not that far north. My husband has heard a Swainson's thrush sing in the middle of the night and I think it's in your range. I've also read that robins can sing at night especially if there are outside lights on--it confuses them JoAnn
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 23 2007 : 07:55:31 AM
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Our robins sing at night sometimes - and then there's the confused rooster - but he's a bird of a completely different feather!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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Bluewrenn
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Erin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 23 2007 : 11:43:34 AM
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We've had the same thing happening here - the bird is SO LOUD! I think it's a mockingbird though. Sounds like he's in love. He's talking to himself, I think, cuz no one is responding...
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Huckelberrywine
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Apr 23 2007 : 3:45:25 PM
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Can you describe the song? Have you checked some songbird websites? Some have soundtracks you can play to see if the thrush matches. Or find a local birding group. They would be a good source of information about your midnight crooner.
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Sweet Harvest Homestead
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lindy
Stanfield
NC
USA
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Posted - Apr 24 2007 : 5:56:30 PM
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Well, it goes a little something like this.
Oh, I come from Alabama with a Banjo on my knee.............
Sorry Michelle, couldn't resist ;)
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Apr 25 2007 : 07:02:53 AM
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ROFL. I'm glad you didn't resist Lindy. Now I've got that picture in my head. Keep me giggling to myself all day. If you don't hear from me, they finally hauled me off...
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