Like as soon as it gets past midnight the birds start a chirping, why is that? i thought they were supposed to be asleep!
By the way it's not owl hoots i'm hearing!.. Actual birdsong!!??
2007-03-03 13:27:20 · 18 answers · asked by NawNee 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
That is not unusual, but I must admit that I have experienced it more when in urban areas than when in the country. Maybe it is the street lights that confuse them. I am not sure. Hope someone with a real answer addresses this issue. ok. I found the answer in the following site:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW008
2007-03-03 13:33:25 · answer #1 · answered by regina s 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah have noticed this too..........have also recently got a female (well hope she is but her partner seems happy enough with her lol) but having probs getting her back into cage before I go to work she wont go back till she hears the outdoor birds doing their eventide call anyone got any solutions as I work night shift and need her back in the cage by 5 pm
2007-03-03 21:50:41 · answer #2 · answered by kavak69 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many streetlights in the towns these days, birds are getting confused as to when night and day are - they simply go by how much light is around. For some birds, the hours of light tells them what season it is.
2007-03-04 06:20:38 · answer #3 · answered by Helena 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the start of the breeding season so they are trying to attract mates and warn off rivals.
You will not normally hear them singing in the dark in country regions but in places with street lights the light confuses them into waking earlier.
2007-03-04 14:25:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the lights confuse/bother them. I know with pet birds that can be the case, but you just throw a towel over their cage and they'll shut up. Thats not so easy to do for wild birds, I'd say!
2007-03-03 21:38:03 · answer #5 · answered by gimpybandgeek 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard a bird singing as I left midnight mass last year on christmas morning. About 1 am and very cold. You would think they would be well cosied up in their nests at that time.
2007-03-03 21:32:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The birds ARE meant to be asleep. Dawn chorus used to be at 3.30am or 4am, but it seems to me that they're up all night now! You ARE right - they aren't owls, & it's not just you hearing them.
2007-03-03 22:04:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL, i love that question but for the past year ive been hearing that too, proper birds singing away at like 1.30am....lets blame it on global warming, lol.
2007-03-03 22:04:53 · answer #8 · answered by Carpe_Diem 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because all the birds nr you know when you want to sleep and they all start singing simultaniously just to piss you off. Or could it be street lights....?
2007-03-03 21:48:58 · answer #9 · answered by BobtheEcoBuilder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's mating time. The early bird gets the hot other early bird, or something like that.
2007-03-03 21:34:42 · answer #10 · answered by Larry 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋