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In San Jose we have birds that imitate car alarms. I don't like them at all.


The Lyrebird from Australia is probably the best at this. It can imitate just about anything - car alarms, other birdsongs, camera shutters, gunshots, etc. etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSB71jNq-yQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrebird#Vocalizations_and_mim...


Ages ago, probably during the age of Nokia phones, I heard about some birds (blackbirds I think) adopting popular Nokia ringtones as their call.


>In San Jose we have birds that imitate car alarms. I don't like them at all.

There's also the 'mower bird' (male ruffled grouse)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0obByQW23k


Yes that’s one thing this bird would do. The whole cycle of two or three repetitive sounds from an alarm before moving to another song.


Really, I need to hear this!




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