nosmo@pyuxqq.UUCP (P Valdata) (07/19/85)
Does anyone know how to discourage a mockingbird from singing at night? While I appreciate its song during the day (it does a great blue jay), our resident mockingbird has been singing each night, beginning anytime from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. and continuing till after the sun comes up. We have no air conditioning and so must keep the windows open. It has been weeks since I got a full night's sleep. I don't feel like cutting down the tree it sings in, which happens to be right outside the bedroom window. I don't particularly want to wring its little neck, although the thought has crossed my mind, especially around 3:30 in the morning! I thought about trying one of those inflatable owls, but how could the bird see the owl at night? I would appreciate any reasonable suggestions--please mail them to Pat Valdata pyuxh!nosmo
nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe) (07/23/85)
> Does anyone know how to discourage a mockingbird from singing > at night? ... > It has been weeks since I got a full night's sleep. How about buying a pair of earplugs (maybe two). There are some very comfortable foam-type ones available that are very easy to sleep with. I have sympathy for you - we once had a bird on the creek out back that went, "PEEdle PEEdle PEEdle etc." all night long. Gimme a break! Nemo -- Internet: nemo@rochester.arpa UUCP: {decvax, allegra, seismo, cmcl2}!rochester!nemo Phone: [USA] (716) 275-5766 work, 232-4690 home USMail: 104 Tremont Circle; Rochester, NY 14608 School: Department of Computer Science; University of Rochester; Rochester, NY 14627
sunny@sun.uucp (Ms. Sunny Kirsten) (07/24/85)
> Does anyone know how to discourage a mockingbird from singing > at night? While I appreciate its song during the day (it does > a great blue jay), our resident mockingbird has been singing > each night, beginning anytime from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. > and continuing till after the sun comes up. > We have no air conditioning and so must keep the windows open. > It has been weeks since I got a full night's sleep. > In a few more weeks you'll probably get used to it... I'd be glad to have your mockingbird in the tree outside *my* window... I'll do you a favor and accept it if you mail it to me (UPS preferred), and I won't even mail you, in return, the railroad tracks passing by my housing complex, and the midnight freight, or the 2AM freight, or the 4AM freight trains that go with them. Sunny -- {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4}!sun!sunny (Ms. Sunny Kirsten)