do migrating birds fly at night?

Answer 1

Some do, but not all types, that is why brightly lit buildings are dangerous to them.

Answer 2

yes if they are above the ocean
the earth is surrounded by aircurrents that are very regular like water currents

migrating birds just know which current goes where and hop on as if boarding a train ,the current takes then halfway across the world
all the birds have to do is flap a bit to remain steady,

a large flock also produces its own air flows the lead bird has the hardest job of paving the way and the rest coast on the wakes
the lead bird is changed often so that a fresh one takes over when one is tired

and when en route they keep going night and day
when they reach land they have traditional or habitiual landing places wher they rest for a few days before moving on

i once lived in a place in South Africa where every year at the same time the farm was covered with thousands of storks but just for a few days ,but regularly every year for the ten years that i was there

Answer 3

Absolutely; in fact, if you go outside during the night in the fall you can often hear the little "seet!" noises that migrating songbirds are making while they fly overhead. Some people even count migrants by focusing a telescope on the moon (if it's nice and full and bright) and seeing how many birds fly through the field of view. Me, I'd get bored, but there's no accounting for tastes.

Answer 4

Yes they do. Many birds will migrate at night due to there being less predators such as hawks, falcons, etc. out hunting at that time. Also, it is cooler at night and the birds are less likely to become dehydrated, which is a major cause of death during migration.

Answer 5

Certainly some do.

Swifts, for example, never land unless nesting. They can both sleep and mate on the wing, so migration is a non-stop job.

Answer 6

My guess is that most birds (a few exceptions such as owls) have terrible night vision. Therefore I doubt it... although its quite a trip they make over oceans during migrations... so maybe they do.

I'll check this question later in case an expert can give a definitive answer.

Update: I admitted I didn't fully know... but didn't expect all you experts to thumbs down me for it. What goes around comes around... life has a way of paying you back for unnecessary evil.

Answer 7

yes as the hummingbirds on the east coast fly the Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan none stop, which is around 600 miles!

Answer 8

in the journey that they sound kinda like the recording of ducks, they're likely ducks. individuals of a similar species do no longer continually sound the very similar; and for that count number, there are diverse species of ducks.

Answer 9

No, they do not fly at night. Bats fly at night. But they are not birds, they are mammals.
Early birds, they fly in early morning though.

Answer 10

If you think about it they have no option. what they going to do about huge expanses of ocean. rely upon passing ships