Why do Mockingbirds sing all night in the spring? (1 Viewer)

[FrankL]

I assume they are males looking for a mate. Do they ever sleep?

 

[Gretchen]

I guess that singing all night shows they have the stamina it takes to raise nestlings :-O

 

[Zheljko]

Nightingales are also prone to singing round the clock... but I am glad that in my neighborhood I don't have any of those species with really harsh grating-clonking-scraping-tandrking calls that I saw/heard on TV.

 

[FrankL]

Nightingales are also prone to singing round the clock... but I am glad that in my neighborhood I don't have any of those species with really harsh grating-clonking-scraping-tandrking calls that I saw/heard on TV.

The Mockingbird songs are quite nice except at 3 am in the morning. And he makes sure to go through his entire repertoire of songs.

Fortunately, I do not hear him in my bedroom.

 

[Rowbot]

I'm often up in the early morning hours working in the shop.Having a Mockingbird singing nearby is almost like having company.I'll turn down the radio just to listen

Something I've noticed is during the later incubation and early hatchling stages the Mocking birds all virtually disappear,sticking close to the nest.

While they're attracting mates the male song is quite forceful and showy,but during the early development stages of their young they sing a different tune which sounds like Mockingbird lullaby's..encouraging,nurturing sounds..I haven't quite figured out the right words to describe it.