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Huh. Here they only sing in the morning. Are you sure it was a mockingbird? I've heard people have that reaction to whippoorwills and other nightjars that sing loudly and repetitively all night.

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They will sing at night if they're "frustrated" and haven't found a mate. I've seen song sparrows do this as well, but it was near a well lit area, so that may had some influence.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/what-can-i-do-about-a-bir...

I honestly figured it was something like that. How else could he afford to spend so much energy all night?

100% positive it was a mockingbird. Huge variety in calls, including a handful that sounded vaguely like sirens and car alarms and such

When I first moved to the city, I had a mockingbird in a small copse of trees right outside my bedroom window, open to the summer heat. He imitated car alarms all night.

I envisioned him as a punk rock kid who liked to replay our human obnoxiousness back at us to see how we liked it.

I had a great deal of appreciation for that bird.

You and I had a very similar experience, and walked away with opposite conclusions. I find that pretty funny!

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