In some cases, there are still parent birds with young in the nest this time of year, although most should have fledged by now, but a few may have double clutched. If you have increased rat activity, owls, cats, maybe even cicadas, and even yourself. it's light until nearly 10pm this time of year, the nocternal hunters don't really come out until after midnight. Even with the lights on all night, they were typically quiet. once before an earthquake and another time when a rat got into the aviary. There was only twice when they made noise at night. My parrots would on occasion would sleep with the full spectrum lights on because I'd forget to turn them off. For three years, there was basically nothing for me to do out there except watch the rookery next door and tend to my parrots at my house. When there were no predators, all was quiet over night. But there was no question that the song birds would twitter endlessly when predators creeped into the area. 60 blue herons screaming at a barn owl is a VERY unpleasant sound. At times, the owls would attack the herons at night and the cacaphony late at night was unbareable. It can be rather eerie to be up at 2am, it's still light, and no birds chirping, they're roosting.Īfter raising tropical birds for many years and living next door to a national bird preserve (mostly for blue herons, but other birds were protected there as well) we only heard those birds chirping or even screaming at night when the owls would fly in and disturb them or when the fox and coyotes were making pests of themselves. Ya, but birds still sleep in places well north where the sun doesn't set at night like Alaska. To me these sound like red birds blue birds canary type maybe even some swallows? birds I didnt think were Nocturnal? I must head back into work this evening but i can record them and place them on here on a video if that will help. I hate to seem stupid but is this normal behavior for birds in this area? (or any other for that matter). It is reather peaceful BUT to me unusual. BUT this summer for some reason anytime i go out there pass midnight.be it 1am. birds are singing away like it dawn or midday? and i dont mean a churp here and there or an owl.I mean LOTS of birds singing. I usually find this very relaxing because of the almost DEAD like "pin drop" silence you experiance in the area i live in. At different times during my nights up at home you might find me on my front pourch. One such thing has just started happening this summer and I was wondering if aynone here could help me understand it. So being that I live mostly in a world of silence and darkness you tend to see and hear alot of strange things most folks during the day will never witness. In those past years I have found it more helpedful and healthy to just stay on my work shcedule even on my days off. and have worked the graveyard shift (1030pm-7am) for the last 17 years. I have lives in East tennessee all my life.
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