Birds Singing at Night

cruizer101

I'm sitting here at the moment doing a bit of work, coming up to 1 in the morning and I can hear a bird singing outside. Not a bat or an owl or anything.

I'm no bird expert but this sounds like typical blackbird type singing, I'm nearly sure I heard it last night also, but I was half asleep so didn't pay much heed.

Maybe I'm wrong but this strikes me as very strange, I mean it really is the dead of nite and its messing with my head thinking its nearly dawn or something.

Is this normal, or any suggestions of what might be happening, I can't see any particularly bright lights outside to trick it or that, unless its the moon, which I think might be full. Still something I've never heard before.

Ditch

Cruizer101; Blackbirds are actually the very birds for singing at 'false' lights. It's quite possible ye've actually got the sound locked in ye head ~ simply through unconscious experience of seeing / hearing / connecting the normal singing. Now ye identifying the 'culprit' bang on

Ye don't say if ye rural or urban? I can only guess urban. If so, it's entirely possible that someone has a 'small' light outside. Sort of thing people have by their front doors?

Now, if someone has such a light, and switches it on at bed time, or 'When they think of it - after dark'? It's entirely possible a Blackbird, roosting close by, may be convinced this is the dawn. Poor soul!

This happens a Lot, in 'urban' situations. Probably plenty in suburban too. Pity no one can afford to run a meaningful survey on it. Then publish 'Govt. Guidelines'. Which would be ignored by half the populace and contradicted by another dept. :rolleyes:


One for the Birders; New, sub class? " Turdus merulus grittyii " Acceptable only in towns, cities or close to calving sheds

Corsendonk

I am a pretty light sleeper at times and have been woke up recently after midnight by birds singing. There are some leylandii trees near me that the singing appears to be coming from, what species of birds could they possibly be?

littlebug

Robins can also be quite vocal at night if there are streetlights.

Bsal

I heard a Blackbird fly past my window making its alarm call sound at 2:20am last night.

sables2

Same here - i here lots of Robins singing after 2am most mornings. It's when i take my regular visit to the loo! Blackbirds are common preachers around my part of the world too. I'm in an urban area...housing estate in fact. So, as Ditch says: the house/outside lights seem to be playing a big part..."poor souls". There must be more to it than house lights, etc. I'm sure scientists would have a more 'scientific' definition to this theory....it would be interesting to know the real reason to this. As a 'chizler' i can't for the life of me remember birds singing this early - anyone agree??