Mockingbird imitates a car alarm

[vermontmark2]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is a standard mockingbird song imitating the songs of a variety of other birds.

[GNKN132]

he he

[TheAncient9]

lol wow thats nice to wake up too

[alogan1996]

everytime i see something like this all i can hear is dane cook car alarm somg

[Sappyspartan]

If only Lamarck was right about acquired characteristics...

[80sMeavyHetal]

Awesome! But somehow it's sad too how industry fucks up the nature :(

[bettypro]

or is the car alarm imitating the bird? lol

[ToffeeChips19]

Amazing!

[johnjnukemsheridan]

It's amazing to see and hear this sort of thing, but also very sad too. Worst is when you hear them mimic a chainsaw. If I ever hear one imitating Urban Contemporary coming from out of a car's sound system, then every "artist" in that "music" genre shall have to die lol

[LM22102]

@johnjnukemsheridan .. Have you heard one mimic a chainsaw? Can you share it?

[johnjnukemsheridan]

@LM22102 I've not heard one do a chainsaw in real life but I have heard and seen one doing a car alarm lol. There's a BBC vid on youtube somewhere with one doing a chainsaw.

[bethaniek]

@johnjnukemsheridan Search the Lyre Bird David Attenbourough

[carlito197]

He is never going to lure a mate if he keeps this crap up.

[SINEKT]

I live in Bucharest Romania, heard this exact thing here, the birds did it even better, sometimes I thought they were real car alarms :))

[juliettecep94ify]

you're wrong it isn't a bird imitating a car alarm..... the car alarm was created because this singer bird :)

[HillaryIsAkitty]

BESTFRIEND RIGHT THERE.

[pocketmoneypocket]

hello. the sound of a car alarm is much younger than birdsong. its not imitating. its nature.

[dubbified]

no friggin doubt that does sound like a car alarm..

[icebelly07]

my mother can imitate the multi-alarm. I always think that she's a real car until I go outside and see my mom in my driveway

[rayunseitig]

Far out.

[mostliberal]

I noticed this with other birds in my area (no mockingbirds in SF bay area).

[rkmugen]

@mostliberal Not true... there are quite a lot in the SF Bay Area actually. I've counted 2 parents and at least 3 juveniles in my backyard alone, and several others in Richmond, Oakland, San Jose, Pacifica, Marin, Daly City, and yes.... even SF (both near the SFSU and CCSF campuses).

[DC2slammed]

lol

[MrOoppoddoo]

Oh my gawd...thank you so much for posting this. Wow.



[Sbljuan]

No car alarm sound

[mattguy21]

Its not imitating a car alarm. Its just being a mockingbird

[fatdanios]

I love mockingbirds! I can even hear them singing at night!

(Personally, I think it's the car alarms trying to imitate the birds!)

[KevinAnthonyB]

It's sad when looking for actual mockingbirds I get pulled to some Eminem song. Good lord!!!

[funnybunny602]

Awww I was waiting for it to say that long part that goes ooooooo weeeeeeee ooooooooo! Lol nice

[IndigoCat17]

That must get annoying

[IndigoCat17]

Amazing what smart birds they are

[factoryfear]

hahaha, His nest must be in the ghetto

[mmpaperguy1]

Someone forgot to turn of their mockingbird

[futurista711]

that is pure heaven to wake up to :) love.

[saint4God]

Nice, yeah I could pick out the alarm in there, well done.

[TheBird0810]

isnt that called copy rite infringement

[ketchuph8r]

So was there a car alarm going off in the distance? Or do they remember sounds they hear? I'm just beginning to learn about them.

[warlockmetal1]

@ketchuph8r Im rather sure this bird does pick up new sounds as time goes on, but im thinking a lot of them are naturally part of a mockingbirds vocalization. Just my guess.

[uhavemooface]

All I did was clap my hands and the dumb bird flew away and now I don't hear any chirping but I am sure he will be back because I think it has babies in the tree out side my house near the road.

[Animatrixette16]

Please God, Reincarnate me into a mockingbird!!! Pleassseee!!

[iYachiru1]

i don't hear any car alarm noise 0,0

[AmericanGirlSonali11]

lol its so cute i really do want a mockingbird

[SirBoxer03]

I'm surprised Viacom hasn't shut this down already lol.

[BlazingDeath108]

@SirBoxer03 lawlz



[MrLuish73]

Amazing, love these Ruiseñores

[jshyne863]

Ive heard them do that before lol

[marty7044]

it made one sound that sounded like a car alarm, the rest was just a mocking bird doing what every other mocking bird does.

[warlockmetal1]

@marty7044 dont spoil the fun

[marty7044]

@warlockmetal1 I love how people call this music. It's noise. Would you listen to this in your car or on your headphones?

[warlockmetal1]

@marty7044 Thats because you have bullshit standards of music. This is closer to music than anything else youre going to get in nature, and thats a fact, jack. I wouldnt be angry if i was lost somewhere or just having a picnic and this bird started to vocalize, so theres your answer.

[marty7044]

@warlockmetal1 haha, a picnic. try having it chirp outside your bedroom window from 10pm - 4:30 am every night for a month without stopping once. that's what people have to deal with where I live, and trust me, IT AIN'T MUSIC AT 4AM. ITS F*CKING NOISE!

[warlockmetal1]

@marty7044 Youre a fucking idiot. Im pretty sure even if CHRISTINA AGUILERA sang at your bedroom window from 10- 4:30, youd still hate her too. Im sure if anything kept you up that long, youd hate it anyways, so dont bring musical credibility into your story, because its completely irrellevant.

[marty7044]

@warlockmetal1 hold on, are you seriously making the argument that all sounds are the same? So if Enya was playing outside my window for hours, I would hate her the same as if a car alarm was going off for hours?

[warlockmetal1]

@marty7044 Yes, you moron. Of course the fucking bird, or anything for that matter, is gonna be hated by you if it keeps you up all night. The reason you dont appreciate mockingbirds is invalid. Come back with a serious relevant argument that has to do with the birds musical credibility, then we'll talk.

[marty7044]

@warlockmetal1 haha, musical credibility? it's a fucking bird! you're officially not worth my time.

[warlockmetal1]

@marty7044 youre still a moron, way to change the subject again.

[carlsetzer]

Somebody must have accidentally bumped him.

[cheapvegetablegarden]

i showed my sister this and she loves it

[johnclavis]

Mockingbirds rule. Thanks!

[MrJarrapain55]

Actual-llamas-Aren't-Retarded-­Mockingbirds.

Or A.L.A.R.M

[IcePrincess619]

I just heard it outside my house. Never feel like ur alone. Google it and its probably been done before

[gergomo]

Car imitating mocking bird (alarm)

[phyllis1753]

I have one in my neighborhood that does that too. Love me some mockers! :^)

[MrUnevenLlama]

If you close your eyes it sounds like a space battle.

[marcie540]

This is really interesting. The next time I hear a mockingbird, I must pay more attention to his sounds.

[Beenie108]

Sounds like a video game lol

[stephydork0415]

omg a mocking bird that was outside started doing the same thing after the video ended XD

[albertescamilla]

i think car alarms are based on birds.

[scatpack68]

I bet someone actually came out and tried aiming their key fob at it.

[wxclim8]

LOL! 

[99djc88]

Never heard it - sounds like normal mb sounds to me

[iswc27]

That is uncanny!

[HEIGHTSIXFIVE]

Wow. Mocking birds realy DO mock!

[BlazingDeath108]

lol this is so damn cool xD

[LitLBirdLitLBird]

A mockingbird near me now (in the middle of the night!) is now telling me,

~watta pretty itty itty; itty bitty itty bitty itty bitty;

~watta watta watta watta; watta watta watta watta

~little ittle it-it-it-it-it-it ittle ickle pretty little ittle pity itty boy !

~bo~oy? bo~oy? bo~oy? bo~bobobobobo~oy ?

~pritbird; prit-bird preetee preetee,

~really-eely really-eely! really-eely lee lee lee lee~!

I LOVE BIRDS. 'case ya couldn't tell.

<3!

[Jet390]

Heard it at 0:08 AMAZING! LOL

[Jet390]

@Jet390 Well, more like 0:09

[alexissenna]

they're so loud!

[KC1971J]

Lol. I see this all the time. There is one particular mockingbird that lives near my house who does it almost all day. It's very obvious and blatantly clear what he's been listening to.

[KC1971J]

@KC1971J  He even imitates the wavering-tone siren, which is pretty funny to hear.

[adamdiswikkid]

MOCKing bird.

[rohn2009]

if i had a bird like that i would kill it

[julioaguirre1]

@rohn2009 thats a sin

[nadiya1is1here]

haha so cute:)

[MacJARedd]

i can't hear any car-alarm?

where do you hear it?

[TheAnantaSesa]

@MacJARedd narrator says at 1:08 that this is a mockingbird imitating a car alarm. it sounds like all bird calls to me but some car alarms sound like bird calls too. an expert on bird calls would know what isn't supposed to be in their sequence of imitations and might have assumed it must be a car alarm then.

[InTheirImage7]

@TheAnantaSesa ..No it starts on 0:47 and ends at 0:50

[InTheirImage7]

@MacJARedd  It starts at 0:47 and ends at 0:50

[MacJARedd]

@InTheirImage7 Not clearly.

[InTheirImage7]

@MacJARedd ............... I can hear it extremley clearly and the person with me heard it and they weren't even watching it.

[MacJARedd]

@InTheirImage7 Seriously. It sounds like normal bird chirp to me. But what ever.

[Rapster70]

random dude: MY CAR ALARM bird making car alarm noises: guy: damnit stupid bird stop mocking car alarms

[mycrimsonregrets]

why spend $100 on a car alarm when you can just get a trained mockingbird

[2degucitas]

What a complicated way of saying,"come over here and I'll kick yer ass!"

[Tejano44]

Have raised them when they fell out of their nests . Would built cages with Texas bamboo,provide them with a perch and small opening and their mothers would feed them. When mature they would be released . I was afraid the cats would eat them . They always come , generations of them to the same tree to raise their young . I have seen them chase away animals and humans who got to close lto their nests . I love these birds .

[tspirit99]

looooooooooool :D

[alexandriiamarie]

i have almost the same video, just sound. I woke up 2am to a car alarm, except it wasnt a car alarm it was a bird mimicking.. crazyy!!

[LonelyMidnightWolf]

I had to listen really hard at first, but as soon as I picked up on the types of car alarms it was easy. It really is detailed if you can pick it up!

[ccgsales]

No car alarm that I noticed, just imitations of other birds... heard Blue Jay, Cardinal, maybe Robin and even a little Kestral or Hawk. At what point was the 'car alarm'?

[RPB510]

if you bark like a dog it will bark back at you.

[ChristineObscene]

LOL

[sawyerbobby]

there was this bird in a store i used to go to back in the philippines i think its called a "maya", every time i go there as a i kid i would play with the bird,yes it talks, it calls me "tanga" which is basically tagalog for stupid, idk where it learned that but its funny

[sawyerbobby]

@sawyerbobby my bad its called graculas a genus of mynas,the one in the store is the species found in palawan which is also in the philippines

[rsduhamel]

This is a good video. Can't complain about that. But, I listened to the whole thing--and I've been listening to mockingbirds for over four decades--and didn't hear anything outside the standard mockingbird repertoire. Didn't hear any car alarm, not even any other bird calls.

[stargazer1967]

@rsduhamel

I didn't really hear it either, until I opened it in a new tab and just listened rather than both watching and listening. It definitely does sound like it has picked up the entire cycle of a typical car alarm. Definitely not unheard-of, they've been known to mimic other human-made sounds like alarm clocks and the backup beeps of a large truck as well.

[doddy195]

yep! i have one of these right outside my window and he chirps every night and every morning. when i first heard it i thought i was going crazy, until someone who was visiting witnessed it too. this is too funny!

[southeasterner]

That is hilarious! We had a bird in our Washington DC neighborhood who would do the car alarm "song" every morning at sun rise...it was our urban rooster.

[pandurate]

birds are so cool

[GTVmmm1]

car:stop mocking me

[cpnicey456]

Ok who touched the bird and why did u touch it there

[PURPLETOPZ]

I hear a little birdy thats gonna get his ass sued!! LOL!!

[paulhallart]

how about that! ... a positive alarmist.

[AKofFAiTH]

I heard a bird do this once before. Very cool.

[tsurara11]

wow, that bird has an impressive list of bird calls at his disposal

..i think i heard a crow and a jay mixed in there..?

[Winolasman]

You did! I have one that sings at night and imitates the backup alarm of the dumpster trucks.

[kmj2000]

The birds near my house do this too! I was in bed one day and noticed the pattern. I didn't see if it was a mockingbird but it sounded similar to this.

[elsi13nt]

isnt that called copyright infringement? lol

[bmwrp8]

lol clifford's gonna sue that sorry ass bird :)

[pivotous]

you can't exactly take a wild bird to court, but, yes, it is.