Is he mocking someone?
Car alarms are unmistakable. You know the one I'm thinking of, right? The different siren noises that repeat endlessly.
The mockingbird in the parking lot at Headquarters chirps that car alarm. All of it, start to finish, in perfect order, all day long. He's taken it on as his territorial call, a way warn others off of his turf while proclaiming his own glory.
I wonder if the car he learned it from was invading his territory and he claimed victory when it drove away. Perhaps he sings to remember his triumph, reminding other birds that he is Car-Slayer, Lord of the Asphalt Plains. Or maybe he just likes the sound, how it's repetitive but complex, and is just trying to impress the ladies.
19-23 June 2006
Westchester Co, NY along the I-684 corridor from White Plains to Somers, including Armonk and Mt.Kisco
American Robin
European Starling : A/J
Brown-headed Cowbird
Canada Goose : M/F with goslings
Blue Jay
Common Grackle
House Sparrow : M/F
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
Chipping Sparrow
Northern Mockingbird : (singing car alarm)
Turkey Vulture
American Crow
Cedar Waxwing
Mute Swan : (flock of 100+, nesting)
Mallard : M/F
Red-tailed Hawk
Eastern Bluebird
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Eastern Kingbird
Feral Pigeon
Double-crested Cormorant
Harry Woodpecker
Baltimore Oriole : M
American Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
27 Bird Trip
The mockingbird in the parking lot at Headquarters chirps that car alarm. All of it, start to finish, in perfect order, all day long. He's taken it on as his territorial call, a way warn others off of his turf while proclaiming his own glory.
I wonder if the car he learned it from was invading his territory and he claimed victory when it drove away. Perhaps he sings to remember his triumph, reminding other birds that he is Car-Slayer, Lord of the Asphalt Plains. Or maybe he just likes the sound, how it's repetitive but complex, and is just trying to impress the ladies.
19-23 June 2006
Westchester Co, NY along the I-684 corridor from White Plains to Somers, including Armonk and Mt.Kisco
American Robin
European Starling : A/J
Brown-headed Cowbird
Canada Goose : M/F with goslings
Blue Jay
Common Grackle
House Sparrow : M/F
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
Chipping Sparrow
Northern Mockingbird : (singing car alarm)
Turkey Vulture
American Crow
Cedar Waxwing
Mute Swan : (flock of 100+, nesting)
Mallard : M/F
Red-tailed Hawk
Eastern Bluebird
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Eastern Kingbird
Feral Pigeon
Double-crested Cormorant
Harry Woodpecker
Baltimore Oriole : M
American Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
27 Bird Trip