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What bird sings at night and why?
Already in the early spring at dawn, bird singing begins outside the window. First, there are sounds of one or two pichugas. They are picked up by other feathered singers and, as if by the artist, the world suddenly changes. A quiet night's dull life begins to revive and riot in colors and sounds.
You know him
With long beak and rounded tail
What bird sings at night, except for the nightingale? One of the most famous nocturnal singers is reed. Her songs are loud and peculiar, sometimes similar to the sounds that insects make. Birds have brownish-red plumage of the upper part of the trunk, and the bottom is lighter. The beak is long, and the tail is as if rounded. Kamyshovki - lovers of marshy places, floodplain of the lake. Where there are abandoned and damp gardens or a thorny dog rose among the nettles - suitable places for reed. Although it arrives around mid-late May and is considered one of the latest migratory birds.
Why at night?
It is believed that males with their singing have females to themselves, and also claim rights to their territory. Sometimes a male often has to repeat his song and jump from branch to branch, as if signifying the circle of his residence. In the period of mating games before breeding, the males are pining. After this period is completed, their trill ends.
The Night Soloist
And what kind of bird sings at night and only when it is already very dark? There is another such - it's zarinka. The male is trying hard for the sake of his feathered girlfriend, so that, in turn, listened and appreciated his vocal art.
Nuisance for birds
There is an opinion that birds singing at night are forced to sing at this time of day, as they are attracted by the lights of cities. There is also an opposite opinion. Because of the roar of transport and other noise of a metropolis, feathered singers are forced to sing at night, not in the morning or in the afternoon. That is, birds on their own are struggling with urbanization. Known facts that in some regions of Germany the singing of birds at night has reached a catastrophic scale - people can not sleep. They tightly close the doors and windows, so as not to hear whistles, trills and other feathered melodies.
We have to admit that civilization is a serious source of problems for birds. They are either louder than the right one shouting and whistling, or switching to night singing. And here it does not matter which bird sings at night, what day it is. Here we should think about ourselves, people. Are we doing the right thing, forcing nature to give up its old habits ?!
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