# Can't find thread about mockingbirds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-thread-about-mockingbirds/409666>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 27, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-thread-about-mockingbirds/409666 "2007-06-27T18:34:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-thread-about-mockingbirds/409666/1 "2007-06-27T18:34:33Z")

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I thought I’d read a thread recently on SDMB about mockingbirds. Some user posted a link to a video of a tropical bird (not a mockingbird) that was imitating cameras, chain saws, and other man-made noises. I’ve been trying to search for it, but can’t seem to remember the right keywords to find it.

Does anyone remember this thread?

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**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-thread-about-mockingbirds/409666/2 "2007-06-27T18:45:51Z")

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[Why do Mockingbirds Mock?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=415597)

Recently seen in GQ. First response when I searched the keyword “mockingbirds”.

ETA: The bird making the camera noises etc. is a Lyrebird

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-thread-about-mockingbirds/409666/3 "2007-06-27T19:00:50Z")

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I came out of my house the other day, and I swear a bird was imitating the exact chirp-chirp my keyless entry makes on my Subaru.

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-thread-about-mockingbirds/409666/4 "2007-06-27T19:44:26Z")

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For people who don’t want to hit the link, the bird in the video is a lyre bird and it’s easy to find on YouTube.

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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-thread-about-mockingbirds/409666/5 "2007-06-28T01:41:38Z")

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I see where I screwed up. I tried “mocking”, “mocking bird”, “mockingbird”, but not "mockingbird_ **s** _. Thanx for the assist.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-thread-about-mockingbirds/409666/6 "2007-06-28T02:15:55Z")

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Question asked, question answered, thread closed.  
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