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    Why do birds sing so much in the morning?

    Question #20524. Asked by Sad. (Jul 11 02 4:02 PM)


    mibmob

    It seems that they sing so much in the morning because they have to shut up at night because they can't see their predators, which they can at dawn. They sing a lot anyway to attract mates and define territory and there tends to be less other noise around early mrorning so we hear and appear to hear a lot more. if this sounds gabbled see:
    http://www.nature.com/nsu/020429/020429-3.html

    Jul 11 02, 4:06 PM
    Senior Moments

    The dawn chorus, a familiar feature of the UK countryside in spring, is becoming muted as millions of birds disappear.
    A comparison of today's countryside with that of 30 years ago shows that there are now an estimated 35 million fewer songbirds. Less birdsong is being heard than ever before as farmland and woodland bird decline continues across the UK countryside. Favourite bird sounds are vanishing from some areas.
    The impact of intensive farming began to show its effect on the population of birds on agricultural land in the mid 1970s. Since then many familiar farmland birds have substantially declined in numbers and some woodland birds are also on the way down.
    The effects are even being detected in many gardens. Song thrushes are no longer a common garden bird and in many places there may be only one singing where once several would be heard. Other garden species like chaffinch, robin and wren are surviving well and still make their contribution to the chorus both in suburbia and in woodlands.
    Birds which depend on farmland have suffered the greatest declines with a wide range of species affected.
    Birds found in a wider range of countryside habitats have also been in decline, resulting in a quieter dawn chorus overall.
    The dawn chorus reaches its peak when all of the summer visitors have arrived, joining resident birds in woodlands, wetlands and elsewhere. May and June sees the greatest number and variety of birds in song.


    Jul 11 02, 8:59 PM


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