NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/rec/birds/2289

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From: [e-mail] (Annika Forsten INF)
Subject: Re: Bird watching at night
In-Reply-To: [e-mail]'s message of 21 Jan 93 04:32:23 GMT
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Organization: Abo Akademi University, Finland
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:18:09 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (E. Giordano) writes:

>       This may sound like an utterly stupid question -- BUT here
>   goes anyway--can any real productive bird wathcing happen at night
>   or past dusk aside from the logistical problem os not]
>   being able to see--don't most bird hide or "sleep" at night,

During their breeding and wintering season most birds do 'sleep' during the
night. However there are groups that are night active, owls, nightjars and
nightsingers (crakes, some warblers, etc) for instance.

Lots of birds migrate at night and keep in contact with each other by calls.
It is quite easy to follow the sounds from the ground, they do not fly so
high up.

>   you never see them at the feeder after dusk and before
>   dawn, and further ducks are never in the same place at night as they are in
>   the day--where do they go?

Birds sleep in safe places, like dense trees or reeds for instance. Some
species gather into big flocks for the night, this will make it even safer
for them. Gulls tend to fly out to the sea.

annika forsten, finland
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