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From: sbishop@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Early birds
Message-ID: <1990Nov6.101120.1760@desire.wright.edu>
Date: 6 Nov 90 15:11:20 GMT
References: <5589@monu1.cc.monash.oz> <1385@gtx.com>
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In article <1385@gtx.com>, al@gtx.com (Alan Filipski) writes:
> In article <5589@monu1.cc.monash.oz> eln314m@monu1.cc.monash.oz (ms  ml   hong) writes:
>>I am not sure whether anyone of you have had such encounters but recently, I
>>discovered that birds would start to sing and chirp as early as three hours
>>before dawn! They are definitely not owls and would gather in flocks on the   
>   . . .
>>Is it normal for birds (excluding nocturnal ones) to be active so early in the
>>day? Has it something to do with the geographical location (I am living in 
>>Melbourne, Australia)?
> 
> I have heard mockingbirds singing at all hours of the day and night,
> including midnight to 3 AM, but they seem to be usually solitary or in
> pairs.  I love listening to mockingbird song, it is far more varied
> than other bird song, and includes many different patterns.
> 

Here in Ohio mockingbirds (the male) seranade their mates all night.  Lovely
sounds in the pale moonlight....

My roosters crow every night at various times.  They do crow at dawn but
also at 1, 3, 5, etc.