Here in eastern NC, I'm hearing birds twittering all hours of the night. They sound like mockingbirds, as their calls change a lot. I know the early bird gets the worm, but 1AM is ridiculous. They get loudest around 5AM. The swamp at the back of our property is full of hoot owls (barred owls). We have a ton of squirrels. We keep corn out so later on we can slingshot a meal or two.
I’m in Eastern NC also. I discovered birds singing before daybreak a few years ago. It was during a terrible sleeping problem & I was staying up till 3-6 AM. I’ve never heard it in my bedroom because there’s not any trees up next to the back of the house.
I’ve always been a stay up late get up late person so I thought nothing of the predawn singing. Your comment got me thinking, is this normal?, is it a pattern change?
Birds usually sing their dawn choruses at 4 am or an hour before sunrise. The exact timing in which birds start singing depends on their bird species and the time of the year. If daylight comes earlier, they will adjust their dawn choruses to fit accordingly.
They've always sung very early, in the 5AM or earlier range, but hearing them at midnight or 1AM is unusual. I don't know if this has happened in the past and I was just too dead to the world to hear them. But I notice everything now.
Here in eastern NC, I'm hearing birds twittering all hours of the night. They sound like mockingbirds, as their calls change a lot. I know the early bird gets the worm, but 1AM is ridiculous. They get loudest around 5AM. The swamp at the back of our property is full of hoot owls (barred owls). We have a ton of squirrels. We keep corn out so later on we can slingshot a meal or two.
I’m in Eastern NC also. I discovered birds singing before daybreak a few years ago. It was during a terrible sleeping problem & I was staying up till 3-6 AM. I’ve never heard it in my bedroom because there’s not any trees up next to the back of the house. I’ve always been a stay up late get up late person so I thought nothing of the predawn singing. Your comment got me thinking, is this normal?, is it a pattern change?
https://birdingoutdoors.com/why-birds-chirp-in-the-morning-a-simple-explanation/
They've always sung very early, in the 5AM or earlier range, but hearing them at midnight or 1AM is unusual. I don't know if this has happened in the past and I was just too dead to the world to hear them. But I notice everything now.
I know what you mean about noticing everything! It’s amazing when you take off those rose colored glasses.
Apparently, they are reacting to changes in the makeup of the electromagnetic spectrum, which may or may not be visible to humans as "light."
Most likely related to the pole shift.
Thanks for the info. Some things like this are out of my scope education.