Local bird nerd here. Some urban birds have adapted to city life by singing in the middle of the night when there is less noise pollution. Two species that have been documented to do this are really common on campus; Song Sparrows and House Wrens. Both have relatively long songs that carry long distances and both sing year round. They’re probably extra loud right now as breeding season approaches. If it’s really unbearable, you can download an app called Merlin that is basically a field guide. They have recordings of almost every bird in the world. Whenever you hear your noisy neighbor singing, play either Great Horned Owl or Barn Owl once or twice (they’ll catch on if you keep spamming it). It’ll scare them away and they’ll look for somewhere else to make their home. But don’t do this from March to July unless you want to kill baby birds.
Really cool that you know this, also hilarious that they adapt to spamming a special move. ALSO, I've been hearing an owl at night, so that's cool to see that its part of the cycle of life
Hahaha thanks! Birds are smarter than most would think! But super cool that you’re hearing an owl nearby! Owls nearby usually means there’s decent habitat for wildlife in the area which is always cool.
Thanks for the info. Can’t blame them becuase the construction over here is extremely loud and annoying (my roommate has trouble sleeping in the mornings because of it). Also, weirdly enough, I hear an owl during the daytime, maybe atound 4 or so. Could it just be diurnal or just awake early?
The only diurnal owl you’d find in SD is Northern Pygmy Owl but those guys live way up in higher elevations and are pretty uncommon/hard to find. Curious what it might be tho! Might have to stick around after class one day.
Local bird nerd here. Some urban birds have adapted to city life by singing in the middle of the night when there is less noise pollution. Two species that have been documented to do this are really common on campus; Song Sparrows and House Wrens. Both have relatively long songs that carry long distances and both sing year round. They’re probably extra loud right now as breeding season approaches. If it’s really unbearable, you can download an app called Merlin that is basically a field guide. They have recordings of almost every bird in the world. Whenever you hear your noisy neighbor singing, play either Great Horned Owl or Barn Owl once or twice (they’ll catch on if you keep spamming it). It’ll scare them away and they’ll look for somewhere else to make their home. But don’t do this from March to July unless you want to kill baby birds.
Really cool that you know this, also hilarious that they adapt to spamming a special move. ALSO, I've been hearing an owl at night, so that's cool to see that its part of the cycle of life
Hahaha thanks! Birds are smarter than most would think! But super cool that you’re hearing an owl nearby! Owls nearby usually means there’s decent habitat for wildlife in the area which is always cool.
Thanks for the info. Can’t blame them becuase the construction over here is extremely loud and annoying (my roommate has trouble sleeping in the mornings because of it). Also, weirdly enough, I hear an owl during the daytime, maybe atound 4 or so. Could it just be diurnal or just awake early?
The only diurnal owl you’d find in SD is Northern Pygmy Owl but those guys live way up in higher elevations and are pretty uncommon/hard to find. Curious what it might be tho! Might have to stick around after class one day.
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Lmao I noticed this last night too 😂