>>281264574 (OP)A bird in my neighborhood has learned to mimic the sound of one of my dogs crying.
Some nights I hear it, get out of bed, and turn on the porch light, take a look outside, notice there is no water in the dog bowl, fill it up with water, and go back inside. I can then hear the bird's claws hop onto the steel bowl to get a drink of water.
Had to put my dog to sleep 6 years ago because he could no longer stand without pain or even hold his feces in long enough to go poop outside, the cry the bird learned was his.
On those nights I can't head back to sleep, so I just lie in the dark and listen closely waiting for the bird to finish drinking and eating the bugs that stick to the wall.