Nightengales and mocking birds

There is a mocking bird singing its heart out across the street. It is one in the morning.

it's not such a bad thing to hear at one in the morning.

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Remember that Mockingbird that was singing this morning at 1 AM? This morning as Techi and I were sitting on the porch enjoying a cup of coffee, she said that she heard a mocking bird singing at 7 AM--and it wa singing the song of auto alarms.
jazzmasterson once mentioned to me that in New York, the mockingbirds would sing car alarms--I suspect that bird has come up from New York. Where else would it learn to be awake at 1 AM in the morning?

As we sat there in the dappled shade of the maple, ash and chestnut trees, it began singing from the chimney of the house across the street--and sure enough, it was singing the song of the car alarm.

Gotta love it.