Topic: How do I stop birds chirping at night? Update!
Hoosiers51
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It is a SHARP chirp....KILLING my brain....I am herxing and it's giving me migraines. It's so loud, they are SUPER loud. They are obviously mating or protecting their turf. I think it's mockingbirds.
PLEASE i need a solution...it's effecting my sleep. Going crazy. PLEASE.
We had tons of crows at one point at night and I figured out that shining a flashlight on them drove them nuts and they'd fly away. I can't even see these ones...there are a million trees around here...the birds could be far away, but they are so loud it's piercing through my skull.
It is not a perception issue/sound sensitivity..they really are THAT loud...I think it's because we're kind of in a valley. Hubby hears it just as loud as me, but he isn't herxing and doesn't have migraines.
What can I do? Shoot off fireworks? Fog horn? I really don't care about hurting their feelings...I just need them out of here. I would feel kinda bad shooting them. But that's impossible anyways b/c I can't find them. I just need them to go somewhere else.
Hoosiers51
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ps they are only chirping at night. They start around 8:45...they chirp for like 30-40 sec then rest for 20-30 sec then start again. Over and over until after dawn.
I'm in Western North Carolina, close to Tennessee.
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momintexas
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You can borrow my dog if you want to, she hates birds.
Maybe check with your city or the local animal control. They may have some suggestions on how to get rid of them. I know the birds you are talking about - they are annoying.
I hope they move along soon.
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just don
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sounds like 'maybe' starlings. City here got rid of them last winter due to an invasison of 'European' starlings that are an extreme health hazzard
otherwise they roost in a tree and make terrible messes underneath
If so call the health department in your town.
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sutherngrl
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I invision a million noisy birds covered in ticks! Maybe that is why they are screaming!
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lpkayak
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tree frogs used to keep me awake
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Carol in PA
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Hoos, I thought about you when I went to bed. The house across the street from us has all kinds of construction going on. Lots of noise...jack hammers, generators, trucks. And this is during the day, when I'm sleeping. We don't have the window air conditioner in yet.
Have you tried earplugs?
Also, I think the herx is making you irritable and anxious. I don't know what to suggest for this, I know you're already on the recommended supplements.
Carol
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Keebler
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- Ear plugs AND ear muffs (you can find them in your hardware and garden stores). More magnesium, too. Even if this IS because they ARE loud, you may still need more magnesium to settle the nerve irritation.
It may be their mating calls and will settle down soon. Call your local Audubon Society and ask for details on their "noisy" season or times of day. They might also guide you with some remedies. -
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massman
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Earplugs are a good idea + cheap. I use them.
You may want to consider searching for an owl tape you can play to them.
I am guessing you would hear dead silence after they heard the hoo hoo hoo ahh from a great horned owl. It spooks me !
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merrygirl
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I was just thinking the same thing,,,
but these ones that are annoyingme are in the day time. I feel like I am in the jungle. It sounds like I have teradactyls swarming my house! I hate it. I agree about the earplugs. ALso maybe run a fan in your room to cover the noise .
i almost ran outside witha fog horn today. then there is a dog maybe 5 houses away on the next street that lets their dog bark non stop for hours.
who does that? when my dog barks I bring him in, duh. I am surprised no onenear them has complained I mean it doesnt stop.luckily its far enough away I can drown out the sound with my fan.
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I thought maybe it was frogs too. They're noisy here... but can't hear them inside the house actually.
Earplugs should help. Maybe a fan running in the house would help?
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Hoosiers51
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Thanks for the support and ideas.
I needed some support, I was loosing my mind!
Well, I have good news. It seems to be getting better. It is still just as loud, but now it seems they'll go about 15-30 min without chirping at all, which gives me a break.
Sometimes they'll do it a lot, but later into the night now, it's a little more sparse (aka, less frequency).
It must be a mating thing.....I am soooo glad it's getting better.
Let's hope it stays this way! Just wanted to let you all know. Thanks!
Headache from herx is still terrible, but at least the chirping is not incessant now.
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MDW005
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I have a table side fan that blocks out all kinds of noise.
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Hoosiers51
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So far nothing really blocks them out, not even the TV. And I can't make the TV any louder than how I normally listen to it, because of the migraines from the herx. If anything was loud enough to block them out, that would annoy me too, because it would have to be loud to mask them.
Fans make it better, but the chirping still grates on my brain through the fan.
Yes, it is getting better though....so grateful!
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Carol in PA
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Hoos, did you get a chance to look at the info about the Mockingbird?
Quote: "They sing almost endlessly, even sometimes at night..."
Carol
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Hear how shrill and piercing it can be? And it was sounding LOUDER in real life than it sounds coming out of my computer! This shrill, repetitive, high pitched chirp, drilling into my brain like a jackhammer!
Don't ever combine Lyme, Doryx, and Mockingbirds on the same night....you will want to blow your brains out from the migraines. It wouldn't have been even 5% as bad without the Doryx migraine compounding the issue.
Thanks for letting me know!
They are still a little better now....they still chirp, pretty much exclusively at night, but it is much reduced now. And my headaches are better now so I can handle it a little more.
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Hoosiers51
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Here are some quotes from the site:
"If you've been hearing an endless string of 10 or 15 different birds singing outside your house, you might have a Northern Mockingbird in your yard. These slender-bodied gray birds apparently pour all their color into their personalities. They sing almost endlessly, even sometimes at night,"
"the songs can go on for 20 seconds or more. Many of the phrases are whistled, but mockingbirds also make sharp rasps, scolds, and trills. Unmated males are the most insistent singers, carrying on late all day and late into the night."
LOVELY!!!! (eye roll)
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massman
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Mockingbirds can be pretty insistent + if it is mostly males, it is that male kinda thing, strutting + preening for females.
It is that time of year for them. Only once a year, poor guys
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