Last night my resident mockingbird sang off and on all night. He was perched in an azalea bush by my bedroom window, and I can tell you, a mockingbird has a very loud voice. It chirped and warbled and I could recognize some of the other bird's songs he had woven into his repertoire, but not all.

My cousin Andy also has a resident mockingbird that perches in the bushes near his house. Mockingbirds especially like to sing when the moon is full, and during the last full moon, Andy griped that its loud singing disrupted his sleep. He opened the window and yelled at it. The bird would fly away for a while, then return singing again.

I was dismayed to hear that he finally threw some firecrackers in the bushes that seemed to deter it. He doesn't get it; that a full moon and a mockingbird is a magical experience. I like to hear them sing, no matter how loud, and feel privileged that it feels safe enough in my azaleas to sing for me.

susil

Comments:

comment by troutbend on Oct 6, 2008 10:18 PM ()

It sounds like a birdie chorus when a mockingbird sings
all those different songs. What's not to like?

reply by susil on Oct 8, 2008 9:10 PM ()

clever fellows!

It is either the dogs or the crows singing all night around here. A mockingbird's song would be so much more enjoyable!

comment by angiedw on Oct 6, 2008 6:24 AM ()

I couldn't agree more,

reply by susil on Oct 8, 2008 9:14 PM ()

A full moon party sounds fun.

A new acquaintance is having a "full moon" party next Sunday and Ed and I are invited. She is having her sister perform some kind of New Age rite. Ed is rolling his eyes. I said I was going to love it. He said, I know, I know. I will post something about it afterwards. No mockingbirds, though. I don't think I know what they look like.

comment by tealstar on Oct 5, 2008 1:26 PM ()

teal, a full moon party sounds like something my new age neighbor
likes to do--you've gotta write about this happening!
Mockingbirds have these satiny gray feathers with white markings--
they're the state bird of Mississippi and about six other states.

reply by susil on Oct 8, 2008 9:19 PM ()

Sounds like a fun party - a new experience anyway.

reply by troutbend on Oct 6, 2008 10:19 PM ()

Oh, how lucky you are!!

comment by marta on Oct 5, 2008 10:31 AM ()

That's the way I look at it!

reply by susil on Oct 5, 2008 10:36 AM ()