doberwoman Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 Hi! have some of you heard a siren that goes off aaaaaaaaalllll night, every night? The wind brings to me that sound, and sometimes I can not sleep at all! The sound apparently comes from a siren that must be in some place by the lake, maybe Riberas or some other place towards SAT. I would like to know where it is located to ask the owner of that alarm to stop it! TIA 😒 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcscats Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 Not in SAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 I don't hear it in Riberas either... but then I wear earplugs at night although I don't go to bed until 11 pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 where are you located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doberwoman Posted April 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 San Diego street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrbower Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 Strange as it sounds, there are birds that make a "car alarm sound" that occurs only at night or very early in the morning. They will go on for HOURS. If you get fed up at 3AM and go out to throw a stick up into the tree, they just pause the "woo woo woo" long enough for you to get back in the house. They are taunting me, I swear. Some nights it is just one and some nights you can hear their counterparts all over Riberas. I have no idea what they look like but several neighbors have suggested a cash prize for the first one that brings home a dead one...just kidding, maybe. They are seasonal only at this time of year so we're hoping they migrate the heck out of here SOON! Or you could just have a car alarm going off someplace...Alan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ibarra Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 We have a bird that comes every spring through summer near our house. It sounds like it is screaming "help" most of the time and, occasionally, "let me out". It is kind of funny except when it decides to start screaming very early in the morning. Gone during fall and winter months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrbower Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 The nightjar call is pretty annoying but nothing compared to the "woo woo" bird. It's call is much more regular, louder, and sounds pretty much like a car alarm. More like woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo...that NEVER stops! It pretty soon becomes like somebody poking you in the chest. I'm pretty close to becoming a character in a Bill Murray movie. You know, a simple frustration that soon leads to explosives. Alan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 These can imitate a car alarm and are found throughout North America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 You want to hear a LOUD annoying bird in Jalisco, try the Chacalaca. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringal Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 All this sounds mighty annoying, but is there ANYTHING as gruesome as the sound of Catsex?? We have about 5 of them in the immediate neighborhood, and 'tis the season !!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudgirl Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 1 hour ago, CHILLIN said: You want to hear a LOUD annoying bird in Jalisco, try the Chacalaca. Yes, but they don't sound anything like a siren and they aren't nocturnal. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrbower Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 The Chachalaca birds I've heard but at lower elevations nearer the coast. First time I heard one I thought somebody was using some kind of power tool at the crack of dawn but not the woo woo bird. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 I do not know but google says the the nighjar are living in Asia, if that is the case I doubt that it s that bird. There are very few birds making that kind of noice at night.. A few years ago I went crazy with an alarm and it was some kind of alarm from the water company according to the locals.. Not sure if that was true but it did drive me crazy.. Ask the locals arounnd your house what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudgirl Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 2 hours ago, barrbower said: First time I heard one I thought somebody was using some kind of power tool at the crack of dawn but not the woo woo bird. They sound like turkeys on cocaine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipstock Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, mudgirl said: They sound like turkeys on cocaine. Would that cancel the effects of the tryptophan at Thanksgiving? Asking for a friend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 The egrets are breeding about now and it might be them high in the trees close to the lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doberwoman Posted April 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 I am afraid.. it is a bird... Years before, I did not hear that... anyway. Thanks for all your answers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipstock Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 It doesn't appear that it will be a thread hijack at this point. The lyre bird is on the Australian $0.10 coin. It is arguably one of the best mimicking birds around. Glad they are not Lakeside! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bournemouth Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 The nightjar that is found in this area is the Buff Collared Nightjar. I haven't yet heard one this spring but expect them to start calling any time now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 Maybe fly a fake owl. Keep moving it around until you get results. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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