[wisb] Re: Bird Calls in the Middle of the Night
- From: "Peter A. Fissel" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rob121092@xxxxxxxxx, Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:40:26 -0500
Rob -
I doubt streetlights have anything to do with it - I frequently hear
diurnal passerines out in the dark middle of nowhere while doing
Nightjar Survey routes. I had a couple that I couldn't ID last Thursday
- one may have been an Indigo Bunting. They're often an abbreviated or
garbled version of the regular songs, so I can't always positively ID
them to species (with the exception of "regular" night singers like
Sedge Wrens and Henslow's Sparrows.)
Peter Fissel
Madison WI
Rob Pendergast wrote:
> I am often outside late at night and I always hear diurnal birds calling. I
> know why it is though, it's always by street lights so the birds think it's
> time to start calling when it's clearly not. My question is why is it always
> the same 2 species a majority of the time? The 2 birds I hear most
> frequently are Chipping Sparrows and Robins (I heard a Yellow Warbler last
> Year). I have a feeling it has something to do with these 2 species living
> in close proximity to the urban sprawl. If anyone else has a theory, please
> comment.
> Happy Birding,
>
> Rob Pendergast, Plover, Portage County
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