Song birds that sing at night

Guess I should have qualified what I said about mockingbirds a little more--when I visit my son in the eastern part of Washington they have mockingbirds everywhere--here I live a mile or so from the wildlife refuge where there are many birds and many birdwatchers, but mockingbirds are not amongst them--normally anyhow. I know they are supposed to be all through this area, but for whatever reason we don't see them here. I have been amazed at the wide variety of birds that do frequent the refuge---maybe if I spent more time there I would be more knowledgable--one of the things I look forward to being able to do if and when I can semi-retire!! Lynn

Is it a bird or something else that makes a noise that sounds like they are saying "chip butter in the white oak"? They are only heard here at night, and I don't hear them as often now as I did years ago.

I've never heard the calls of calls of either owl befor but according to my MN bird field guide the Barred gives a dog barking just befor giving an 8 hoot call which goes ,like you say, "Who-cooks-for-you? Who-cooks-for-you?" Great Horns sound like "Hoo-hoo-hoo-hooo." But I won't know for sure untill I spot him.
I just recently moved in so I haven't had the chance yet.

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WAG here, but when I repeat your phrase, it reminds me of a meadowlark. I see in Sibleys that Missouri should have both Eastern and Western Meadowlarks.

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I have a mockingbird in my nieghborhood that imitates a ringing telephone! Normal nightime bird song doesn't bother me ,but this is rather irritating.

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LOL, that's hilarious and I bet that would be pretty irritating! That would be a bit of a shock to hear a phone "ringing" in a tree!

Mockingbirds here have learned ours and a neighbors portable phone. It can be maddening. Makes you remember not to take that phone too seriously.

You folks are going to dislike me....I like to sleep at night...not listen to birds.....their noise polution is meant for the daylight hours. This problem just started about two weeks ago...never has occured before...live in Richmond Va. Anyone have a humane way to get rid of or at least quite the creatures at night. Please understand that I really do like birds BUT NOT AT NIGHT. Any ideas will be appreciated.

I our area I think its Catbirds who sing all night.

I for one love waking at night to hear the beautiful song.

I also hear Killdeers.

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I'm in east central Kansas, and lately there's a bird or something (I can't see it) that flies around letting out a shriek every 15 seconds, and it keeps this up from evening throughout the whole night.

I really hate this, and was online looking for an answer on how I can get rid of it. Is there an ultrasonic repellant for birds? Or are bird repellants all "sonic" and too loud to use?

I've even thought about buying nightvision goggles, so I can see this thing.

Any suggestions? If it was a song, it would be okay, I guess... but the Mockingbirds around here in the daytime just never stop their stupid manic singing. It's like they're on speed. But back to this nightbird... how do I get rid of it?

The most humane way to silence them is to shut your windows.
If that doesn't work you can try turning something on that will give you enough background noise to silence them; a radio either playing music or just tuned in to static would do.

You sure that bird is not called a Cicada?

The Mockingbirds will sing till dog days and then stop. If a singing bird is irritating to you, you have health problems in my opinion, it should lull you off to sleep. I love the sound of Raincrows, wish I had a recording to put me to sleep.
Does anybody see Bullbats anymore, these used to sweep down in the late afternoon and make the bull sound but I haven't seen them since I was a boy, I think pesticides must have killed them off.

earplugs. close windows.

heelpin & moondoggy- Are you talking about nighthawks? They fly in the afternoon and evening, and you can tell them by a white stripe on the underside of each wing. They eat lots of insects, so in areas that are sprayed heavily with pesticides they might not be present. I think I've heard their numbers have been declining in recent years.

I used to live in a house that was a block away from the freeway. Constant noise. Now I'm not bothered by things that go tweet in the night.

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If your nighthawk is the same as the one on CO, the reason you are seeing fewer is that they nest on the ground and are easy pickings for cats and dogs.

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A question about the nighthawk. Is it the bird that dives down during cloudy days and at dusk and sounds like "Whooooo"? Kind of a creepy sound. I've never been able to see these birds as they seem small and too high up to identify. I don't believe these are owls.

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Aren't most "nighthawks" really owls ?

Late on a dark night while walking under the trees, occasionally something sounding huge will swoop down from overhead branches.
Was it a nighthawk ? An owl ? A vampire bat the size of a SUV ?

I've cheerfully entertained thoughts of strangling a chicken that wakes me up in the midle of the night, but I've never begrudged any missed sleep while listening to the mockingbirds nightsongs.

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They are very territorial and will sing to their neighbors. At night If you whistle a tune at them, they will pause, seem to consider, and then incorporate your tune into their next song. If you listen you can hear your whistle being passed around the area.

Very imitative birds, once I thought one was choking, took me awhile to figure out it was trying to imitate the sound of an air conditioner with a bad bearing.

They are insectivores, "insect eagles", and seem to enjoy chasing cats around while scolding them. Of course the cats try to look very unconcerned.

Lots of folks like to feed jays out of their hand. I've wondered if mocking birds would take, say mealworms, right from your hand ?

A mocking bird might sing any song you wanted for a mealworm.

This night SCREECHER isn't singing any song... it SCREECHES over and over, from as soon as it gets too dark to see, about 10pm, until about 3am. The sound is kind of like a hawk screech, but shorter. When I go outside and flash a flashlight around in the sky, I can hear it go farther away, but then comes back when I go inside. I might have seen a dark shadow of it swoop in front of a tree... it's either a bird or a large bat.

Yeh, I'll sleep to that screech. It's very loud. And why does everyone love birds so much? They're just little dinosaurs with feathers.

Okay, I finally saw what has been screeching for hours every night. Very large owls... and they even screech while on the ground eating June bugs under the yard light. I looked owls up online and heard recordings, and figure it must be Great Horned Owlings, not quite weaned, but almost full grown... so they don't HOOOO yet... they screech, with the same screech as a Barn Owl, but these are a whole lot bigger than a Barn Owl. Walking around on the ground, it looked to be at least 20 inches tall, and when in flight, it's wingspan was about 3 or 4 feet.

So hopefully, they'll mature in a few more weeks, and fly off to start their own territory.