There is a time and a place . . .

[phesina]

Oh, that's funny, Sandie! (Though I suppose I wouldn't find it so if I was the one being kept awake by it..)

I hope it soon finds another venue for its nightly concerts.

[Karen]

My brother-in-law once was practicing a particularly tricky chord progression on the accordion years ago on a warm day with the windows open. He went over and over and over it, until he was sure he got it right - and when he stopped, the mocking bird outside the window kept it up for quite some time!

[pomtzu]

At least you know where he/she is, and you could run him/her off if you were so inclined - unlike crickets who are never where their song indicates that they are. Many a night I have tried to hunt one down in the house to silence it's serenade, but to no avail. My son's cats eventually locate them and feast upon the noisy little pests, but they leave the not so meaty legs all over the kitchen floor!

ETA: I wonder if your little chatterbox was once someone's "pet", since he knows some people related sounds??

[Randi]

I know how you feel. This morning at 4.30 I was woken up by two different birds sitting in the trees just out side my windows - I also keep my window open a bit. It was like they were competing who could make the most noise, one wasn't even singing, but sounded like an old fashioned washboard. I'm tired!

Normally Fister wakes me up 2-3 times a night, but he has been fairly good lately. If it isn't one thing it's another.

[happylabs]

Oh my I feel your pain on this one. Lots of birds where I live. Why are they so happy at that hour of the morning?!?

[cassiesmom]

Mockingbird, you can come and give a performance outside my building. There are many nights that I don't sleep too well. Then you can give your serenade to my mom and dad's really annoying neighbor

[Vette]

Yep. know the feeling.

squirrels can be just as irritating. especially when you live in a wooded area an theres more then one barking back an an forth to one another