# I have a mockingbird living in the tree right outside my bedroom window **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372 "2012-04-20T04:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/21 "2012-04-23T02:23:23Z")
[Well now -](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeCwr9MmiIc) ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/22 "2012-04-23T05:33:08Z")
Have you tried a cocktail of apple cider, tequila, cassis and lime juice ? > [@Gleena](#): > > Lorikeets. (Rosellas - are these the same bird? Green/red/blue/yellow squabbling parrot things.) > > Or Cockatoos. > > Sometimes both at once. Rainbow Lorikeets = Rosellas . And I’ll just add we get both those, long- \*and \*short-billed corellas, currawongs, crows, magpies, kookaburras, eastern yellow robins and several types of native pigeons. It’s a rare morning we’re not woken by something in the tree outside. Fortunately the koels seem to have moved out of the area, given that they started up at 4am. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/23 "2012-04-23T06:42:07Z")
Thanks **Askance**. We get some of those other things, and now you have given the “Shut the fuck up, Damnit” bird a name, so thanks. (Koels) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/24 "2012-04-23T17:37:35Z")
Here are the sparrows nesting in my Christmas light ball: [![](https://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s74/VIVALOSTWAGES/sparrows.jpg) ](https://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s74/VIVALOSTWAGES/sparrows.jpg) They are bigger now, almost too big for the space they’re in, and very vocal when mom or pop comes around. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/25 "2012-04-24T00:22:58Z")
I have a mocking bird out my window. He mimics the horrible noise the subway makes. I want to go on the roof with a rifle and KILL IT! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/26 "2012-04-24T00:57:09Z")
Play a soothing instrument and melody to him, and he’ll be echoing it back at you soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/27 "2012-04-24T01:00:32Z")
Well, I suppose there is something positive to say about shifting from sweaty hot 93F and sun last Thursday to 45F drizzly rain yesterday—my mockingbird didn’t sing last night! He’ll be back, I’m certain. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/28 "2012-04-24T15:15:59Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > They don’t stop singing when they find a mate. It actually gets worse after that point, because then they’ve got territory and babies to defend. I’d say you’ve got about another three weeks or so until the babies are grown. And then they’ll start another brood. Hopefully somewhere else. I’ve never found them to be LOUDER after having babies, but they definitely get more aggressive. They’ll dive bomb any person, dog or cat who walks close to their tree. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/29 "2012-04-25T06:26:02Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > So, what else is Daddy going to buy you? Nothing. Daddy only promised to buy more stuff if that mockingbird _don’t_ sing. ---
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/30 "2012-04-25T21:50:01Z")
Had a mynah bird who would mimic the sound of a flushing toilet. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/31 "2012-04-25T22:18:55Z")
> [@LeeshaJoy](#): > > Nothing. Daddy only promised to buy more stuff if that mockingbird _don’t_ sing. I guess that the hidden joke of the song- daddy doesn’t have to worry about buying the other things- no way that bird don’t sing! ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/32 "2012-04-27T19:04:13Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Here are the sparrows nesting in my Christmas light ball: > > [http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s74/VIVALOSTWAGES/sparrows.jpg](http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s74/VIVALOSTWAGES/sparrows.jpg) Awww, ugly little pinfeathered babies!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372/33 "2012-04-28T15:50:14Z")
Sounds like when we were at a beautiful campsite at the Boy Scout camp in southern South Dakota along the Missouri River. Sun sets, bugs come out (swat!), sit around the campfire and finally go to sleep when the stars come out. About five minutes later a damn whip-poor-will started in, and kept it up until first light. You can hear it at [All About Birds-Whippoorwill](http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/whip-poor-will/id). Every night, for a week. The next time we stayed there, we got a campsite far away from that damn bird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-mockingbird-living-in-the-tree-right-outside-my-bedroom-window/619372.md?page=1)