Night Birds

We love birds as much as the next guy and here in the jungle there's a plethora of different types to choose from.  It seems we hear a new one everyday or they outsmart us by changing their tunes from day to day but over the past few days, one has become a little bit annoying.

It's called the  Common Pauraque and although we see and hear them during the day, they seem to love chirping away at night too.

If you click the link above it takes you to a nice web site with an audio link of the sound this guy makes at night.  It's not so bad at early evening but when you're trying to sleep it drives you crazy!


Last night it started at 1:00 a.m. and I knew (based on recent experience) that it wouldn't stop for at least 20 minutes.  Certain birds here seem to like being very repetitive for a long time, waiting for their buddies to call back.  I wasn't in the mood for that since I had to work in the morning.

I got up, went outside, grabbed my walking stick and started poking around in the palm branches where I think it sits every night.  I didn't give a second thought to the fact that lots of other creepy crawlers come out after dark as well (like snakes).

I seemed to have chased it away and angrily went back to bed.  As you might guess, 10 minutes later it started again but I didn't have the energy to go back out so I just laid there and prayed for it to shut up.

As I type this post, our little friend just came back and started again.  Guess where I am going as soon as I hit enter?