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Seriously confused mocking bird

Postby Mithrandir » Tue Jun 29, 2004 5:28 am

Yet another one of OldPhilosopher's random encounters with nature...

So around 3:30 this morning I couldn't sleep. I got on CAA to try and fix the reviews section (which some of you may have noticed is not functioning right). At around 4:00 AM (PST) one of the lights around our appartment complex decided to come on. I'm not sure why this is the case, but it's right outside my home-office window, and it's fairly bright. Evidently I'm not the only one who thought it was insanely bright. It woke up a mocking bird that WON'T SHUT UP! It's singing its heart out to the sun, which won't come up for another 1.48732 hours.

I just hope HE doesn't wake up the wolf. Although, if my making coffee didn't wake her up, probably nothing will... :forehead:
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Postby SilverFang » Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:30 am

I know how that is. that has hapend to me before.... well sumthing like that.
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Postby Ashley » Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:59 am

Oh trust me, I live in a neighborhood of dumb mockingbirds. I used to wake up around 6 or so hearing them sing incessantly, and listen as they kept singing all...day...long. But see, at the time I thought it was a bunch of different birds, since their were so many different calls. Dad told me later that was just a bunch of mockingbirds trying out different whistles to get a mate. I looked at dad, shocked: "You mean to tell me our state bird is like the hooker of birds?!"
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Postby Mithrandir » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:30 am

Must......... Resist........
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Postby SilverFang » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:42 am

must stop........ I cant help it. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
sorry I could not resist
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Postby JediSonic » Tue Jun 29, 2004 10:00 am

Nice one, ash :lol:
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Postby Nia-chan » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:10 pm

I suddenly like mockingbirds.
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Postby Destroyer2000 » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:18 pm

Feh...Mocking birds dislike me. Of course, other people don't chase them down when they won't shut up...so...heh.
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Postby c-girl » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:47 pm

Lol >^^< That's funny Ashley.
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Postby Kinkosami » Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:17 pm

Heh, funny. :P

I don't think we have Mocking birds around my house. But occasionally I get ripped from a wonderful sleep by some stupid loud bird that decides to sing right next to my window... :shady:
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Postby Madeline » Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:36 pm

I understand. I have a cardinal that lives in a tree just outside of my window, and he usually decides to sing around 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning...which happens to be just a half-hour or so after I get to bed. ^^
One time I ran down stairs and was going out the door when my dad showed up...I bet he was wondering what I was doing there. :)
I ended up getting a cup of water and going back to sleep...kind of. Now I've learned to sleep through it...although I can still hear it in my dreams. :shady:
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Postby Mithrandir » Tue Jun 29, 2004 5:08 pm

2 words madeline: Rubber Bands.

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Postby Debitt » Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:57 pm

Mockingbirds make me want to live out the name of that famous novel...oh WHAT was it called again? :evil:
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Postby Lynx » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:08 pm

yeah... mockingbirds are annoying... especially when you've been up really really late/early and you haven't gotten to sleep yet and all you can hear is their persistant singing....
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Postby Mithrandir » Wed Jun 30, 2004 9:56 am

Kokoro Daisuke wrote:Mockingbirds make me want to live out the name of that famous novel...oh WHAT was it called again? :evil:


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Postby spiritusvult » Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:03 am

I totally understand. Everymorning, starting at around four, the local mocking bird (also known as the municipal transit system) shakes the foundations of the earth. Saddly for me, my appartment is situated directly on top of that foundation, and I am several floors up, so it's amplified. However, over time I have become slightly more accustom to it. I hope for your sake, the mocking bird either silences itself or continues everyday. It's the intermittent stuff that really becomes annoying.

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Postby Mithrandir » Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:22 am

Yuck. You really need to move, man. I see you got your sig working too. Good job!
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Postby Heart of Sword » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:04 am

I had a crow outside that did that once. It was trying to wake me up, I think. I'd wake up to "CAW! CAW!"

It'd shut up when I opened my window...it would fly off somewhere...
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Postby Mithrandir » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:10 am

Heart of Sword wrote:It was trying to wake me up, I think.


I wouldn't be too surprised, acutally. Crows/ravens are acutally pretty smart. At any rate, this is the reason why a supersoaker by the bed is a good thing. A pellet gun will damage a screen, and you can end up with permanately damaged bird. A damaged bird might not be ABLE to go away, but a TRAUMATIZED bird, will be less likely to return.

Unless you believe those fine documentarys that you see on tv. I am of course, referring to "The Birds."
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Postby Fsiphskilm » Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:50 pm

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